1. Dr. Jungkun Seo Ms. Beth Kaylor Day 1
PLS 201: Research Methods
Dr. Jungkun Seo
Ms. Beth Kaylor
Day 1

2. Library Stats 1.5 million items Over 20,000 videos Over 10,000 CDs
PBS Videos on NCLIVE
Over 10,000 CDs
Over 500,000 books
Over 25,000 periodicals
1,600 physical/the rest online
Books with JK or JX call number=4,000.

3. Getting Help We’ll teach you how to find and evaluate sources.
We never know what you’ll ask!
21,000 questions last year
Reference Desk
9am-9pm
In person, phone, , chat
RAP
NCKnows – 24/7
Ask a Librarian

4. Technology My Library Record/PIN Database access EReserve
Due dates, renewal
Place holds
Other Registrations
ILLiad
netLibrary
Toolbar
Ready access to library and UNCW web pages.
Download to your PC/laptop

5. Lit Review: Choosing a Database
Likely publication types?
Book-length analysis
Scholarly studies
Current/contemporary reports
How an event unfolded
Partisan viewpoints
News/opinion magazines, newspapers
Government documents
Polling data
Statistics

6. Books – Where do you look?
Randall Library Catalog
Local and Consortium
Place holds for UNCP & FSU
WorldCat
9,000 libraries
Which libraries own
ILLiad
Internet sites
Google Books
Amazon/BN/Bookfinder/ABEBooks
Book Reviews in periodicals

7. Databases - Starting Places
CQ Electronic Library
The definitive reference resource for research in American government, politics, history, public policy, and current affairs
CQ Researcher
explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week
Subject pages
Quick article searches?
What do they do?

8. Scholarly Studies Databases JStor, Project Muse, Wiley InterScience
A-Z
Subject
Full-text or Index-Abstract?
JStor, Project Muse, Wiley InterScience
Public Affairs Information Service (Current & Archive)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
Academic Search Premier (Ebsco)
Limit to peer reviewed/Academic journals
Google Scholar

9. News & Opinion Magazine Articles
Academic Search Premier,
What document type gets opinion?
Opposing Viewpoints
Alternative Press Index (Current & Archive)
Indexes nearly 300 alternative, radical right and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines
Lexis-Nexis Academic

10. Newspaper Articles Lexis-Nexis Academic Newspaper Source (Ebsco)
New York Times (current & archive)
Wall Street Journal

11. Finding articles: Does the library have?
Heaney, Michael T. and Fabio Rojas., “Partisans, Nonpartisans, and the Antiwar Movement in the United States.” American Politics Research 35 (2007):

12. Finding articles: Does the library have?
Xenos, Michael and Amy Becker, “Moments of Zen: Effects of The Daily Show on Information Seeking and Political Learning.” Political Communication 26 (2009):

13. Database Exploration Answer 5 basic questions Pick a database
Explore the scope
Full-text or index/abstract?
Document types?
Articles, books, chapters, documents, dissertations?
Subjects?
Time period?
Geography?
Due Wednesday

14. Questions? Contact me: Or go to the Reference Desk! Beth Kaylor
IM: bethk379
RL 2079
Or go to the Reference Desk!