ProQuest exercise
- For this exercise,
what is your search topic in general terms?
(For example: the computer revolution in education,
the treatment of diabetes in children, guns
and violence in our schools, gender stereotypes
in the workplace.)
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- What search terms did you
use to find articles? (A two-word phrase helps
focus your search.)
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- How many 'hits' did
the search return? How many 'hits' did the search
return after selecting "peer reviewed"?
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- Select an journal article
that is most representative of your topic. Go
to the full text of the article.
- What is the title
of the journal article that you selected? _____________________________________________
- Who is [are] the
author[s] of this journal article? ___________________________________________________
- How many words does
the article contain? About how many pages will
it take to print the article?
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- What is the name of
the journal or periodical? ______________________________________________
- When was the article
published? (The date of the issue.) ____________________________________
- Write the sentence
from the article or abstract that most closely
states the main idea of the article.
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- What are some other
terms that you might use to find articles about
this topic?
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