1. Why peer review articles? How to find peer review materials?
a quick guide from SFU LIBRARY
Pol 150: science, policy & innovation
Minglu Wang
Research Commons Librarian/Reference Librarian

2. Agenda Scholarly vs. popular article
Peer review process and peer reviewed articles
Library search, library catalogue search, and database search
Search strategies
Contact your librarians

3. Scholarly vs popular Popular: Audience: general public
Colourful graphics & advertisements
Plain language
No abstracts or citations

4. Scholarly vs popular Scholarly: Audience: academics
Mostly text, with some tables & charts
Subject-specific language
Includes abstracts & citations
Key criterion: peer-reviewed

5. The Peer review (or referee) process
Goldman, C. (2018, April 24). LibGuides: Peer Review Process. Retrieved May 1, 2018, from

6. Library Search, Catalogue Search & Article Databases

7. Library Search, Catalogue Search & Databases
Catalogue search results +
Course reserves
Guides to research & learning Library information
Help
the Library's physical collections (including books, videos, maps, reports, microformats and journals by title)
ebooks, including online reference materials
many (but not all) journal articles available through the Library's database subscriptions
Datasets
Digital collection
Ebook collection
Ejournal collection
Full-text database
Geospatial
Image collection
Index
Major reference work
News sources
Partial full-text database
Primary sources
Statistical sources
Streaming audio
Streaming video

8. Article Databases

9. Refine Search Results

10. Develop keywords
Example: How should we consider nuclear risks in science and technology?
Key concepts:
Citizen public participation, public opinion, civic engagement…
Policy decision government policy, public policy, regulation…
Nuclear power nuclear energy …
Try a search for books or articles in the Catalogue Search on the Library’s homepage
Try a search for articles in an Article Database

11. Search tips Use AND between keywords to narrow your search
For example: climate change AND public opinion
Use OR between keywords to broaden your search
For example: civic engagement OR community engagement
Use quotation marks around an exact phrase
For example: “climate change”
Use an asterisk (*) to find related terms
For example: Canad* will get results for: Canada, Canadian, Canadians …

12. Where to go for help Contact us: Student Learning Commons:
Phone:
us at:
AskAway (online chat)
Research help desk (drop-in & by appointment)
Student Learning Commons:
Help with academic writing, study skills, EAL support & more

13. Your political science librarian
Mike McIntosh
Political Science research guide: assistance/subject/political-science
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