UCLA College Library Research Exercise: Identify, Locate & Evaluate Articles

RESEARCH EXERCISE: Identify, Locate & Evaluate Articles
Your Section # & Instructor: ________________________________________________________________
Your Name: _____________________________________________________________________________
Your Topic: _____________________________________________________________________________

1. Search Expanded Academic ASAP article index by keyword(s).

Need help getting started?
Try: http://www.library.ucla.edu/college/help/infotrac/index.htm

Which keyword(s) did you search? _______________________________________________________________

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2. Display results, review & evaluate

Select the most useful article in this list.

What is the title of the article? _________________________________________________________
Who wrote the article? _______________________________________________________________
What is the journal name? ____________________________________________________________
List the volume, pages and date: _______________________________________________________
What makes this article useful? ________________________________________________________

3. Focus search by using subject words

Click on the link for an article, scroll down to "View other articles linked to this subject" & then on "See Also" under a topic
(e.g., Rap Music).

Couldn't find the list of subjects for this article?
You may not have scrolled down far enough. Keep going past the entire article.

What subject word(s) did you search? ___________________________________________________

4. Broaden Your Search By Using CDL's SearchLight to Search Many Indexes at Once

Need help getting started?
Try: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/cdlsearchlight/index.htm

a. Which subject category did you select? _______________________________________________
b. Which word(s) did you search? _______________________________________________________ Pick two journal indexes (not book catalogs) & answer the following questions: c. Which journal indexes did you pick? __________________________________________________
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d. Why did you pick these indexes? ____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________ Select the most useful article from each index & answer the following questions for each:

Couldn’t get to the list of articles? You may have clicked on the name of the index.
Click on the number of hits in the left column, instead.

INDEX 1 (name of index): _________________________________________________________________ e. What is the title of the article? _______________________________________________________
f. Who wrote the article? ______________________________________________________________
g. What is the journal name? __________________________________________________________
h. List the volume, pages and date: _____________________________________________________
i. What makes this a useful article? _____________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________ INDEX 2 (name of index): _________________________________________________________________ j. What is the title of the article? _______________________________________________________
k. Who wrote the article? _____________________________________________________________
l. What is the journal name? __________________________________________________________
m. List the volume, pages and date: ____________________________________________________
n. What makes this a useful article? ____________________________________________________
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5. Locate Magazines & Journals at UCLA libraries using ORION2

Identify call numbers and library locations for the two journal names listed under Index 1 & Index 2.

Need help getting started?
Try: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/orion2books/index.htm

INDEX 1:

a. Which UCLA libraries have the journal & volume you need, & what is the call number?
__________________________________________________________________________________ INDEX 2: b. Which UCLA libraries have the journal & volume you need & what is the call number? __________________________________________________________________________________ (Hint: The call number consists of the first set of letters and numbers following the Library name.)

Created by Esther Grassian, 2000; revised 2002 E. Grassian.
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