Journal • Is face-to-face communication still necessary for forming bonds with others?
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Journal Databases Activity Answers Template
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PART ONE: REVIEW BASIC NU LIBRARY INFO
1. What is the phone number for the library? (local or 1-866)
2. If you’d like to email a question to a reference librarian, what address will you use?
3. How would you live chat with a librarian?
4. Under the heading Resources on the library home page, which link will take you to
resources for this course, ILR260?
5. If you wanted to borrow a physical book and have it mailed straight to your address, at
no cost, what link on the library home page would you follow?
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PART TWO: TRY SMARTSEARCH
6. What is your own current research question?
7. What are some search terms you might use to begin searching for articles that will help
you answer your question?
8. Using SmartSearch, find one peer-reviewed journal article that seems potentially useful
to your project.
9. Access the full text—and take a screenshot to demonstrate that you succeeded in
accessing the full text.
PART THREE: TRY PROQUEST ~OR~ EBSCO (YOUR CHOICE)
10. What search terms are you using?
11. Formulate a search using OR or NOT (or both)
12. Generate a citation for one peer-reviewed article that seems possibly relevant to your
research project.
PART FOUR: USE ONE SOURCE TO FIND ANOTHER.
13. Use Google Scholar to find an article that cites an article you’ve previously found and to
generate a citation for that article.
PART FIVE: PRACTICE KNOWN-ITEM SEARCHING
Gather beginning-of-full-text screenshots for the following four articles:
14. Draa, V., & Sydney, T. (2009). Cyberbullying: Challenges and actions. Journal of Family
and Consumer Sciences, 101(4), 40-46.
15. Subrahmanyam, K. & Greenfield, P. (2008). Online communication and adolescent
relationships. The Future of Children, 18(1), 119-146.
16. Spencer, S. (2011). How SEO myths can cost you. Multichannel Merchant, 28(10), 6.
17. Young, K. (2009). Internet addiction: Diagnosis and treatment considerations. Journal of
Contemporary Psychotherapy, 39(4), 244-245.
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PART SIX: DETERMINE IF A JOURNAL IS PEER REVIEWED
Are the articles listed below from peer-reviewed journals? Answer “yes” or “no” for each.
18. Draa, V., & Sydney, T. (2009). Cyberbullying: Challenges and actions. Journal of Family
and Consumer Sciences, 101(4), 40-46.
19. Subrahmanyam, K. & Greenfield, P. (2008). Online communication and adolescent
relationships. The Future of Children, 18 (1), 119-146.
20. Spencer, S. (2011). How SEO myths can cost you. Multichannel Merchant, 28(10), 6.
21. Young, K. (2009). Internet addiction: Diagnosis and treatment considerations. Journal of
Contemporary Psychotherapy, 39(4), 244-245.
Submit your completed activity through the Week Two Journal Databases Activity link in the
Content area for Week Two, or access the Journal Databases Activity in the Assignments link
found in the drop-down menu for the “Course Work” tab,
5. If you wanted to borrow a physical book and have it mailed straight to your address, at no cost, what link on the library home page would you follow?
