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Database Scavenger Hunt–RJ 3 & 4

RJs 3 & 4 help build strong information-finding skills. For this, you will become acquainted with the Leland Speed Resource databases (such as MICAL) and their uses for research.

These activities work best if you are acquainted with database methods. If you have not already, watch the Speed Tutorials on how to use the resources.

Boolean Operators: CLICK HERE

MICAL: CLICK HERE

Section 1

1. Using the knowledge gained from the Speed Tutorials, answer the following questions in your group.

A. What are Boolean Operators and what do they do? (“And”, “Or”, and “And Not”)

B. What’s the difference between entering comic books vs. “comic books”?

C. What does Advanced Search let you do?

D. Besides physical books, what other resources will searching in MiCAL provide?

Section 2

For this exercise, search the prompts below and provide the information to the questions. This section helps develop research skills for specific terms for a wide variety of fields and terms.

Since this is a scavenger hunt, you will be best served to boldly explore and click through the databases. Specify your searches to the information you wish to gain. If one search term does not work, consider using a synonym or approach from a different perspective. Be sure to use the advanced settings on MICAL.

Tips: If you are looking for a target within the field of physics, search in a journal, sub-section of MICAL, or within one of the Subject Guides for the sciences, specifically the physical sciences. The more you can narrow your search terms and tools to the terms in your prompts, the better and faster you will find results. If one search term does not work, consider using a synonym or approach from a different perspective. Be sure to use the advanced settings on MICAL and to explore the databases provided through various Subject Guides.

1. You are trying to find evidence for the rules of civility in Jane Austen’s novels for a paper you’re writing on leisured mannerisms. Which database reaps the most effective results? Which search results should you use? What other topics does this article cross-reference as within its scope?

2. You are looking for the painting of Calumny of Apelles by Sandro Botticelli. What is the best search engine to use for this sort of search? What sort of paint did the artist use in his production? For the photo stored through your database search, who provides the photo credit?

3. You are researching the “Unusual Endosteally Formed Bone Tissue in a Patagonian Basal Sauropodomorph Dinosaur.” Research the first (leading) author of this article. Of the other article he has written, which one is closest to the original’s publication date?

Section 3

Your instructor has brought in physical representations of sources for comparison to digital holdings. Look over them with your group and answer the questions.

1. Describe the physical difference between a physical and digital journal.

2. What sort of information would you be able to more easily get from a physical journal? What about a digital journal?

3. How do you search for information (search terms) within each forms of the journals?

4. What would be the benefit from either one of these media?

5. What might be problematic about using the same source book or journal multiple times in the same research project?

6. How should a journal be used in an annotated bibliography?

7. How might you use a source book or journal to construct an annotated bibliography entry? Why would it be problematic or confusing to summarize more than one individual authored section with another?

8. Google "monograph" and compose your own definition of this term.

9. What would be the value of using a whole monograph to make an annotated bibliography entry and how might you manage covering the whole book in a limited period of time?

10. How else might you use a monograph?

Homework: For next class, each student needs to have found a physical book related to the research topic. In order to do this, follow the search strategies above to locate a book which addresses a topic in regards to the research question. If you are having trouble finding the book, do ask for the assistance of the librarians. The main physical library holdings are located on the lower levels of the Leland Speed Library.

Each group member should initially find a valuable chapter from a book to read and summarize. In around 300 words, articulate a “big picture” assertion—telling what the source is about/accomplishes, overall. Also explain major “key points” from the source, along with examples/details from the source that help the summary to be more thorough or clear. Include this summary in this Research Journal entry.

a. This will be the first entry you’ve collected for your Annotated Bibliography.

b. As a class we will be sharing and storing these annotations in the Community Source Pool (located on Moodle).

c. You will need to work as a team to find additional print sources to complete your project.

d. To cite your selection in the Annotated Bibliography, follow the instructions on the Leland Speed library page: CLICK HERE

Please be respectful of the resources while searching for and borrowing them. Since you will be sharing a topic with your classmates, you may want to coordinate the sourcing and sharing of resources with a group member.