COMM 275
Interpersonal Communication
Library home page at:
www.keene.edu/library/
nonverbal
nonverbal behavior
Keyword search finds
words in Title and Contents.
Subject search does not.
Finding research on a theory
• Use References listed in textbook
• Search by author’s last name in EBSCOhost or
FirstSearch databases (if name is relatively unique) and
do not use the word “theory”
• Use new database Communication & Mass Media
Complete, which replaces CommSearch
• Browse, explore the literature in communication
journals for a likely topic/theory
• Find websites for background info (use Library’s
Major Topics: Communication page)
What is an “empirical” article?
www.asu.edu/library/ole/other/empiricallist.
html
Identifying empirical articles
Hypothesis … Empirical/primary research articles test a
hypothesis or opinion of a given topic.
Methodology … defines the research that was completed and
how the research was performed … how the evaluation, study or
experiment was carried out.
Results … often reported in numerical terms - frequencies,
means, standard deviations, correlations, regression coefficients,
etc. The statistics are usually organized into tables or figures.
library.gc.cc.fl.us/
How to Identify a Scholarly Article
library.gc.cc.fl.us/
Search topic in both
ASP and CMMC for
best results
If you connect from off campus, you will get this page:
nonverbal
space
X
communication
New CMMC Database
Brainstorming for keywords
• Use a thesaurus
• Use database specific thesauri (available
in some databases)
• Find one article that’s on your topic, and
look through it for short phrases and
words that are repeated, in the descriptor
field, etc.
To Print
PDF Full Text
PDF print:
Make sure “Print as
image” is checked.
The bottom of the first page of article:
REMEMBER:
The new Communication
& Mass Media Complete database
replaces what was formerly known
as CommSearch as of Jan. 2004.
Back to library’s Communication page:
PerAbs and WilsonSelectPlus are
good sources in FirstSearch, links
to both are on the library’s
Communication page
Dozens of other databases
are available in FirstSearch
communication
interpersonal
Getting Articles in Journals
• If article entry in database has a link to “HTML Full
Text” or “PDF Full Text”, clicking on the link will bring
up the article. You can then print or save it.
• If there is no link for Full Text, look for a message
stating “KEENE STATE COL” or “KSC’s Mason
Library subscribes to this title.” Your next step is to
find the call number for the periodical, retrieve it from
the shelf, and make a photocopy of it.
Call numbers for journal titles are found in 3 places:
1. In Keene-Link, the online catalog. Search by Title:
Call Number to
find journal
Call numbers for journal titles are found in 3 places:
2. Red binders located in various places on the Library’s 1st floor. Red
binders list ONLY the periodicals we have in hardcopy.
3. The list of Communication journals on your handout
has their call numbers!
Call number is here
Using InterLibrary Loan
1. Use links to “Request article” in EBSCOhost
databases.
2. Use links for “ILL” in Firstsearch Databases.
3. Use Interlibrary Loan links for KSC patrons on
Keene-Link main page.
4. Fill out paper forms in Library, at Reference Desk.
Articles unavailable elsewhere (in the library or online)
can be requested through InterLibrary Loan.
This form is attached to citation
for article, automatically.
Similar forms are available in other
database services, such as FirstSearch and Keene-Link.
Click on title
Click on ILL button to request article
Detailed record provides abstract of article
Interlibrary Loan
page with request
forms
www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
Kept at the Reference Desk,
Call number is BF76.7 .P83 2001
How to prepare for asking for
help from librarians.
• Look through textbook, communication journals for topic, theory,
references
• Read through Library handout,
“Information Sources for Communication”
• View this PowerPoint, located on the web at
www.keene.edu/library/comm275.ppt
• Brainstorm for keywords; write them down
• Use EBSCOhost’s Academic Search Premier, and Communication
& Mass Media Complete to find one good article on topic
• Bring the article and written keywords to Reference Desk during
Reference hours