1. Using Articles, Part I
Week 6

2. Articles as Sources
• Why use Articles?
• Different Types of Periodicals
• Intro to Research Databases
– ProQuest
– Academic Search Elite (Ebsco)

3. Turn on the
News
Newspapers
Magazines
Scholarly
Journals
Event
Happens
Books

4. WHY use Articles?
• News
• Entertainment
• Opinion
• Reviews
• Research
• Analysis

5. WHY use Articles?
“For all types of audiences!”
• General public
• College students
• Scholars/scientists
• Practitioners within a discipline
• Customers

6. Newspaper Articles
• News
• Current Events
• Journalist Analysis
• Editorials
• Opinions
• Reviews

7. Magazine Articles
• More in-depth
news and analysis
• Geared for general
public
• Lots of photos and graphics
• Charts and graphs

8. Scholarly Journal Articles
• Research
• Really in-depth analysis
• By scholars and subject
matter experts
• Statistics
• Tables and graphs
• References and
sources

9. Easy to tell difference in print!
Newspapers
Magazines
Scholarly Journals

10. Even online…

11. Not so easy, in a database!
Magazine Article
Newspaper Article
Scholarly Journal Article
List of results from ProQuest database

12. Can limit your database search
to a particular type of article
Scholarly Journal
Articles

13. Why You Need Databases

14. ProQuest Central/ASE
• Online collections of articles
• Subscription, not FREE!
• NOT the Internet!!!

15. Databases can show...
• Citation
• Abstract
• Full-text Article

16. Citation
• Bibliographic info on the article
• Use this info to help you cite it right!

17. Citation Breakdown
AUTHOR: Indridi H. Indridason
ARTICLE TITLE: Does Terrorism Influence Domestic Politics? Coalition
Formation and Terrorist Incidents
JOURNAL TITLE: Journal of Peace Research
PUBLICATION DATE: March 2008
VOLUME/ISSUE: Vol. 45, Iss. 2
PAGE NUMBERS: p. 241

18. Abstract
• Brief SUMMARY of the article
• This may be all the database has!
• Try to find the full-text elsewhere.

19. Full-Text Article

20. Kinds of Databases
General/Multidisciplinary
• ProQuest Central
• Academic Search
Elite (Ebsco)
Subject/Discipline
Specific
• Business Source
Premier
• PubMed
• SciFinder Scholar
• Literature Online (LION)
• America: History and
Life

21. Search for ARTICLES on your
Topic
ProQuest Central
Academic Search Elite
(Ebsco)
• Suite of databases
• Covers lots of subjects
• Includes many types of
periodicals
• Can limit to scholarly
journals
• Includes full-text articles
• General Research
• Good place to start
• Single database
• Multidisciplinary
• Includes many types of
periodicals
• Can limit to scholarly
journals
• Includes full-text articles
• General Research
• Good place to start

22. Using databases to find articles
• How to ACCESS databases at DU
• How to SEARCH in databases
• How to PRINT, SAVE, EMAIL articles

23. How to access the Databases

24. Databases
By Subject A - Z List

25. How to Access ProQuest and ASE
Click on General/Multidisciplinary

26. Access BOTH databases here

27. Why?
• You can access BOTH databases in the
same place, quickly
• You want to access the Advanced Search
screen for both databases
• This gives you the most robust way to
search

28. How to use...
• ProQuest Central • Academic Search
Elite
•GENERAL RESEARCH
•GOOD PLACE TO START

29. Think of it as different brands
ProQuest Ebsco

30. With...
ProQuest Central Academic Search Elite
Whole suite of ProQuest databases
One single Ebsco database

31. If you search ProQuest Central...
ABI Inform
ProQuest Health and
Medical
ProQuest Nursing
ProQuest Biology
ProQuest Education
ProQuest Newsstand
ProQuest Psychology
ProQuest Science
ProQuest Research Library
ProQuest Social Science
ProQuest Military Collection
ProQuest Religion
You are searching many thousands of different periodicals for articles

32. Mix of articles!

33. CAN Limit to:
Scholarly Journal Articles

34. Academic Search Elite

35. Academic Search Elite
• Only ONE database
• Smaller pool of resources
• Tend to get FEWER results than in ProQuest
• BUT... can get different results!!!

36. Mix of articles!

37. CAN Also Limit to:
Scholarly Journal Articles

38. Citation in Ebsco
• Basic bibliographic information
• Use this info to help you cite the article

39. Abstract in Ebsco
• Brief SUMMARY of the article
• In Ebsco, you have to open up the article record
• An abstract may be it!
• Have to find the full-text elsewhere

40. Full-Text Article in Ebsco