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Class Guide: PED 359
What is a scholarly periodical?
Journals whose contents are written by specialists in the field and which are based on high quality research (may also be called "peer reviewed" or "refereed").
Who is the audience? Scholars and professionals
Who are the authors? Academics who do not make a living as writers.
What does a scholarly periodical look like? Dull, few ads and often sponsored by an academic society
What is the content of a scholarly periodical? Highly specialized; many footnotes &/or charts and graphs
What is the vocabulary used in a scholarly periodical? Learned reading level--specialized vocabulary.
Randall
Library's Periodical Collection
Print Collection:
Current Periodicals--to the left, beyond the Circulation Desk, after you enter the
Library
Bound Periodicals--the back-half of the library
Microfilm Periodicals--between the Reference Desk and the Bound Periodicals
On-Line Collection:
Databases for PED:
Interdisciplinary -- Springer Link, Wiley InterScience, ScienceDirect
Specialized-- CINAHL, PsycInfo, PsycArticles, SportDiscus, Health Source Nursing/Academic
Accessing On-Line databases for citations to articles and for full-text articles
From the Library's Home Page (library.uncw.edu), select "Databases & Articles". Databases are listed in alphabetical order.
Search Statements
Consists of a) keywords and b) operators
Select keywords that are important to the topic. For instance, you want information on head injuries that result from skiing accidents. The keywords you could choose are "head," "injuries," and "skiing."
Operators, are the words you use in between your keywords.
OR=retrieves records containing EITHER word. For instance, the search statement, "injury or injuries," retrieves records containing either "injury" or "injuries." The records do not have to contain both words.
If you leave an operator out of the statement, most databases search for the words as a phrase. For instance, if you searched for "head injury," most databases retrieve records that contain both words "head" and "injury," and the two words appear beside each other.
Sample Search Statements:
head and injury and skiing
head and (injury or injuries) and skiing
head injury and skiing
Specialized Databases (these databases can be found in the Databases & Articles link
http://library.uncw.edu/web/research/databases/index.html
on the Randall Library home page)
If these databases do not provide the full-text, you can search for the journal's title in the library catalog. If the library does not own a subscription to the periodical you need, you may
request a copy of the article through Interlibrary Loan. Please allow 2 - 3 days for the article to arrive.
Scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Includes Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
SportDiscus
International citations on exercise, physiology, physical education and fitness, sports and sports medicine. To retrieve articles that come from research and scholarly periodicals, check the box for "peer reviewed" articles
PsycInfo
To retrieve articles that come from research and scholarly periodicals, check the box for "peer reviewed" articles.
To retrieve articles that are literature reviews, under "methodology" select "literature review".
CINAHL
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health with full-text is the authoritative resource for nursing and allied health professionals, students, educators and researchers. To retrieve scholarly articles in CINAHL, check the box "peer reviewed".
Interdisciplinary Databases
You may get some full-text articles from these databases. Because the databases are interdisciplinary, they may not provide as many articles as you need. Supplement your searches with specialized databases.
Ulrich's Periodical Directory
Database of journals, magazines, newspapers and full-text electronic resources published in more than 200 countries. Use this source to determine if your journal is "refereed".
One simultaneous user Test Resources Print:
Tests in print V : an index to tests, test reviews, and the literature on specific tests. Reference Collection BF698.5 .B878 1999 The Mental Measurements Yearbook. Reference Collection BF431 .M435 Electronic:
The Mental Measurements Yearbook
Provides users with a comprehensive guide to over 2,000 contemporary testing instruments. The MMY series contains information essential for a complete evaluation of test products within such diverse areas as psychology, education, business, and leadership.
Volume 9 - present Online guides for Tests in Print and Mental Measurements Yearbook:
Using a Mental Measurements Yearbook Review to Evaluate a Test Using a Mental Measurements Yearbook Review and Other Materials to Evaluate a Test Questions to Ask When Evaluating Tests How to Use Tests in Print
Last Update: August 27, 2008