1. Mental Health and Youth Justice Lab: Library Session Yolanda Koscielski, Psychology & Criminology Librarian October 24, 2014 Mental Health and Youth Justice Lab: Library Session Yolanda Koscielski, Psychology & Criminology Librarian October 24, 2014

2. Objectives By the end of this session, you will be able to: Part I 1.Create a systematic search strategy using subject headings and keywords 2.Use search operators Part II 3.Make use of a range of SFU library resources in your research

3. Research Process 1.Identify key concepts 2.Find related terms 3.Search each concept separately 4.Combine concepts 5.Modify

4. Example topic Discuss the impact of the media on the body image of young women. Identify key concepts Brainstorm synonyms and related words for each concept

5. Example topic Discuss the impact of the media on the body image of young women. Identify key concepts Brainstorm synonyms and related words for each concept

6. Topic Scope Do you have a subject area, topic, or thesis? – Subject is very broad: freedom of information, Charter of Rights and mental illness – Topic adds a second concept, explores a relationship or question between the two concepts: testosterone levels in sex offenders, effect of art therapy on recidivism – Thesis: you are making an assertion and providing supportive evidence: Art therapy decreases recidivism in young offenders

7. Example topic - Scope Media: Body Image: Young Women:

8. Example topic Media: television, magazines, movies, films, celebrities, music, fashion, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Body Image: self esteem, self concept, body conscious, identity Young Women: teenage, teenager, teen, youth, adolescent, adolescence, women, woman, female Tips: - consider the terminology of the time period - consider narrowing of your focus (ie. Media is a big topic, magazines is a more manageable topic)

9. Subject headings Subject headings: a systematic, hierarchical, and finite language used for describing subjects/concepts. Articles and books will usually have 3-8 subject headings assigned to their citation or bibliographic record. This is human indexing. Keyword searching linked to computer indexing

10. Subject headings Subject headings/descriptors are a standard field in most databases Subject Headings are unique to each database: MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) of PubMed PsycINFO subject headings for PsycINFO Can start with thesaurus directly or use a keyword search Sometimes keywords = subject headings Examples – catalogue, Medline (anemia)

11. Why use Subject Headings Coronary Prone Behavior PsycINFO subject heading Type A personality keyword

12. Subject headings Example: in thesaurus, media  social media BT (Broader Terms) NT (Narrower Terms) RT (Related Terms) EXPLODE Field searching, limit to title

13. Search Strategies

14. Boolean Operators Connect concepts (magazine AND body image) Search for related terms (teen OR youth OR adolescent) Exclude irrelevant terms (woman NOT man)

15. AND / OR Magazines Body image Magazines OR body image Magazines AND body image

16. Search Strategies - Characters Searching for a phrase – use quotation marks “body image” Alternative spellings & endings – use wildcards (asterisks) after the root of the word Teen* picks up teen, teens, teenage, teenager, teenagers

17. Putting it all together (DE "Social Media") OR Facebook OR LinkedIN OR Twitter AND (DE "Body Image“) OR “body image” OR (DE "Body Image Disturbances") AND teen* OR adolescen* Search Limits can be used as well (e.g., Age Groups)

18. Practice -Complete worksheet Part I with your individual topic -Search your topic in PsycINFO thesaurus -What are some relevant PsycINFO subject headings? -Are there any Broader Terms, Narrower Terms, or Related Terms you might consider

19. Practice Review Times Cited Feature Search sets – EBSCO interface – Saving searches – keeping track of combinations De-duping in citation software

20. Tools

21. What are your favourite search tools? List your top three research resources

22. SFU Library’s matryoshka dolls aussiegall. (2006). Russian dolls. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/288377539/ Library Search Catalogue Fast Search

23. Catalogue Does NOT index journal articles individually When doing a keyword search, search terms are highlighted in the library record Check out Subject Headings at the bottom of the record for related material

24. SFU’s “Google” – Fast Search 24 Books eBooks Journal Articles Newspaper Articles Images Videos/DVDs Music Maps SFU theses/dissertations Government documents Sound recordings (CBC Ideas) All catalogue content, PLUS journal articles + newspaper articles – *many*

25. Fast Search Is really great, but… – Subject terms not useful for literature review – Missing journal content; coverage is maybe 95% of SFU Library content – Not mapped to a specific subject, with associated search limiters and features (controlled vocabularies, populations, etc.) – Lots of citation “noise” – Peer-review limit facet not completely accurate (as with most databases)

26. Library Search Criminology 220 26 All catalogue content, PLUS Fast Search Content, PLUS the library’s website, Summit, Best Bets, external pages. Library Search

27. Subject Databases Mapped to a disciplinary perspective High-quality, detailed metadata allows for limits and collocation related to your field Specialized material (e.g., PsycTESTS, Canadian policy papers in the Canadian Public Policy Collection)

28. Some Google Strengths 1. Known-item searching 2. Long-tail searching (when search terms are rare and low-occurring) 3. Times Cited tool (covers grey lit) 4. Books – out-of-copyright full-text access, locating a quote 5. One search box 6. US case law, grey literature, academic websites, Institutional Repositories 7. Extremely user-friendly

29. Some Google Weaknesses 1. Low level of subject + author collocation 2. Not mapped to a specific discipline 3. Less search sophistication & manipulation (e.g. limits to “academic” lit, format type) 4. Missing deep data (e.g., statistics) 5. Not usually free Search via library 6. Mysterious algorithms (Coverage? Publishers? Opposite of transparent sources like PsycINFO). 7. Dirty data (e.g., citations, data scraped)

30. Encyclopedias Overview of your topic / the “big picture” Particularly helpful if working outside your area Written with the academic in mind, often by specialists in the field Use the bibliography to identify key articles, studies, authors, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library (multiple subject areas) Sage eReference Library ( about 15 Crim titles) Check Research Guides + Online Reference Sources web pageResearch Guides Online Reference Sources Demo

31. PsycTESTS Indexes 18,000+ Psychology tests, measures, assessments Mostly unpublished, non-commercial test Scoring key usually not included Descriptive test information + links to materials describing test (in peer-reviewed literature, technical reports, & dissertations). (Demo)

32. Oxford Bibliographies Online -Subject modules for Criminology + Psychology -Written and peer-reviewed by international experts “Crime Victims' Rights Movement” “Routine Activity Theories” Provides: Key Readings Ideas for additional keywords for searching Background info if you are new to an area Demo

33. Sage Research Methods Online Database of Sage books, journals, & reference content on research methodologies: – 600+ books – Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Handbooks – Complete "Little Green Book" and "Little Blue Book" series – Two major works collating a selection of journal articles

34. Digital Dissertations Masters Theses and PhD Dissertations Limit to SFU – Dissertations & Theses @ Simon Fraser University Dissertations & Theses @ Simon Fraser University Or search globally – Digital Dissertations Digital Dissertations

35. Practice Part II of handout – Finding known citations – Exploring SFU resources Journal title search in catalogue

36. Need more help? Yolanda Koscielski ysk6@sfu.ca