This guide lists resources used in a library research workshop for students in CRIM 1100 sections taught by Tara Lyons in spring 2022.
This short guide will help you to:
Peer-reviewed journals are often called scholarly or academic journals. They are different from popular magazines.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals:
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DO NOT rely on the 'peer-reviewed' checkbox in a database to be completely accurate! Why not? It is only a rough filter that tells you whether a journal includes some peer-reviewed articles. Most peer-reviewed journals include a mixture of different kinds of articles, including short pieces such as book reviews and editorials. These short pieces do NOT go through the same peer-review process as the rest of the articles in the journal, but they will still be included in the peer-reviewed results in a database. Always look at the article for the typical features of a scholarly article such as an abstract and extensive in-text citations. |
If you are not sure how to tell if an article is from a peer-reviewed journal, please see the library's Scholarly Journal Checklist.
From the KPU Library's homepage:
Use the KPU Library's search tool called Summon to search (almost) the entire KPU Library collection, all at once. Summon is the big search box on the library's homepage, but I've plugged in a quick search box below.
The Advanced Search screen will give you more options to control the way that Summon handles your search.
This tells Summon to search for ALL of these concepts. Each time you add a new concept in a separate search box with the AND search command, you will DECREASE the number of results you find.
Note: The Advanced Search will remove filters you applied before, however, so you'll need to re-apply those. You won't see the Topics filter on the Advanced Search screen, but as soon as you view your results, you will see the Topics filter again on the left-hand side of the screen.
To INCREASE the number of results you find, include synonyms or related words for each concept. Put similar words in the SAME search box, with each term separated by the word OR. This tells Summon to match ANY ONE of the terms that you entered. This will expand your search leading to more results.
For tips on how to put together a good search strategy in any database, see the Search Planner Worksheet.
Citing your sources properly shows that you have done your research and consulted appropriate sources for your topic. It also acknowledges that all research builds on work that has come before. You are giving credit to sources that have influenced or informed your work. If you do not do this, you are essentially stealing another person's ideas, which is called plagiarism.
Whenever you use another person's ideas (even if you put this into your own words), you must give them credit. You do this by CITING the source you used in two places:
Incorrect
David, J.-D., & Mitchell, M. (2021). Contacts with the Police and the Over-Representation of Indigenous Peoples in The Canadian Criminal Justice System. Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, 63(2), 23–45. https://doi-org.ezproxy.kpu.ca:2443/10.3138/cjccj.2020-0004
Correct
David, J.-D., & Mitchell, M. (2021). Contacts with the police and the over-representation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian criminal justice system. Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, 63(2), 23–45. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjccj.2020-0004
Notes:
Most library research databases have built-in citation generators. These are handy tools to create a rough citation, but you ALWAYS need to double-check them. Here is an example from Summon:
Incorrect
David, J.-D., & Mitchell, M. (2021). Contacts with the Police and the Over-Representation of Indigenous Peoples in The Canadian Criminal Justice System. Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, 63(2), 23–45. https://doi-org.ezproxy.kpu.ca:2443/10.3138/cjccj.2020-0004
Correct
David, J.-D., & Mitchell, M. (2021). Contacts with the police and the over-representation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian criminal justice system. Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, 63(2), 23–45. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjccj.2020-0004
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