Week 9 Assignment

Week Nine Assignment

Part One

1. Anderson, T.D. (2006), “Uncertainty in action: observing information seeking within the creative processes of scholarly research”, Information Research, Vol. 12 No. 1, available at: http://InformationR.net/ir/12-1/paper283.html (accessed 24 December 2006).

• This is a website.
• I would use the url link provided to view the article.
• The entire journal article is available on the website.

2. Belkin, N.J. (1980), “Anomalous states of knowledge as a basis for information retrieval”,

Canadian Journal of Information Science, Vol. 5, pp. 133-43.

• This is a periodical.
• I would search for the journal article on SearchIt to see if WSUV has a subscription.
• WSU does have an electronic subscription and the full text is available online.

3. Case, D. (2007), Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs

and Behavior, 2nd ed., Academic Press, Amsterdam.

• This is a book.
• I will use SearchIt, limit the search to Vancouver to see if the book is available on campus.
• The book would need to be requested from the Holland/Terrell Libraries at the Pullman campus.

4. Chowdhury, G.G. (2004), “Access and usability issues of scholarly electronic publications”,

In Gorman, G.E. and Rowland, F. (Eds), Publishing in an Electronic Era. International

Yearbook of Library and Information Management, 2004/2005, Facet Publishing, London,

pp. 77-98.

• This is a book chapter.
• I will use SearchIt to search for the book chapter.
• SearchIt didn't produce any results. I couldn't find the book in the SearchIt database. I'll need to request it through Illiad.

Part Two

1. Keppel RD: Investigation of the serial offender: linking cases through M.O. and signature, in Serial Offenders. Edited by Schlesinger LB. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2000, pp 121–34
 - This is a chapter in a book.
 - To get the chapter or the book, it would have to be requested through Illiad 

2. Cornwell P: Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper, Case Closed. New York: Putnam, 2002 
 - This is a book.
 - This book is available at the Holland/Terrel Libraries in Pullman. 

Part Three

This weeks assignment taught me some things I already knew, such as citations for different resources will include different information and there are many styles of citations. I'd like to think that I'm familiar with APA and MLA but I often forget what to put in a citation and where to put it. It is very helpful to refer to the Perdue Online Writing Lab to make sure you're properly citing your resources. One helpful thing that I learned this week is the importance of using the reference lists of articles and books to find a wider variety of references for your research topic. I find that I'm better equipped to search databases and deciphering citations in reference lists.