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Instructor: Ms. M. Noakes
Child Development 131

Purpose: This research guide has been developed by your instructor and librarian to help you complete your research assignments.

Homework #1
Homework #2
Homework #3

For discussion topics, find journal articles in Infotrac: Onefile

1) In General Onefile, click the link “basic search”.
2) Type in the title of the article and the author into the search box

Assignment #2: Journal research on societal issues and suggested topics

What is a journal?

A journal is an ongoing publication on a specific discipline. Journals contain articles written by scholars. Journals are more timely than books, journal articles are subject to peer review, they are specialized and focused, and they generally answer specific questions with empirical research.

Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish between a journal approved by your instructor and a magazine that is not approved by your instructor. For example, the periodical titled "Parenting" is not considered a journal.

Journals

Periodicals include journals and magazines

Journals publish articles written by scholars and researchers. Journals are often published by professional associations. Articles in journals usually include bibliographies.

Examples:
Child Development
Child Study Journal

Magazines publish articles written for a general audience. Articles in magazines rarely include bibliographies.

Examples:
Parenting
Time

How do I find a journal article?

STEP 1: Access Infotrac:Onefile.
Go to the Library homepage -> Magazines/Journals, and select InfoTrac.

Infotrac is a periodical research database allow you to find articles from journals and magazines. A search of a periodical index results in citations. Citations identify the actual articles.

Infotrac:

periodical database

leads to

Citation

"Child and Health"
Noakes, Madeline and Resto, Jeri.
Child Development
25 Nov. 2007: 92

leads to

Article text.

"The formation of the ideas of children constitutes a study equally interesting from a literary and a scientific point of view..."

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