Discovery Core I: Strategies and Tools for Academic Research (STAR) Project
PART 1: Watch the Campus Library Welcome Video =
3 pts – Due Tuesday, October 7th
Hand in your confirmation code during class on a piece of paper with your name
Your Librarian: Julie Planchon Wolf – jwolf@uwb.edu
This worksheet is located online at:
http://library.uwb.edu/guides/cusp104gk/2014-STAR-Project-Worksheet-Kovalesky-Final.docx
Your Name: Type name here.
Your DCI section and instructor(s): BCUSP 104G & K, Prof. Andrea Kovalesky
Use this worksheet to record and submit your work on the STAR Project. The instructions and links necessary to
complete the worksheet are in the online DCI STAR guide at: http://libguides.uwb.edu/Kovalesky
Watch the Campus Library Welcome Video, linked from your DCI STAR guide located online at
http://libguides.uwb.edu/Kovalesky. Click on the green tab or link titled “Campus Library Welcome Video” to watch.
When you have finished watching, fill out the Catalyst survey linked above the video on the web guide.
Write down your survey confirmation code: Type confirmation code here
Discovery Core I: Strategies and Tools for Academic Research (STAR) Project
PART 2: Research your STAR topic using online resources
Up to 10 pts – Due October 16th
Send this completed section electronically to Collect It Dropbox at Catalyst.uw.edu
Also, print out a copy of Part 2 only and bring to class on Oct. 16th
Your Librarian: Julie Planchon Wolf – jwolf@uwb.edu
This worksheet is located online at:
http://library.uwb.edu/guides/cusp104gk/2014-STAR-Project-Worksheet-Kovalesky-Final.docx
Your Name: Type name here.
Your DCI section and instructor(s): BCUSP 104G & K, Prof. Andrea Kovalesky
Use this worksheet to record and submit your work on the STAR Project. The instructions and links necessary to
complete the worksheet are in the online DCI STAR guide at: http://libguides.uwb.edu/Kovalesky
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Research is a process you will repeat throughout your life – for work, for consumer decisions, and for social and
citizenship responsibilities. PART 2 of the STAR assignment guides you through some of the processes researchers
employ when exploring a research question, and provides tips for how to successfully navigate the UW Libraries online
research resources.
Choose one general topic below as a focus for preliminary research.
1. Pick a research theme
Please check one topic of interest from this list:
... Topic 1: Art Therapy
... Topic 2: Music Therapy
... Topic 3: Dance Therapy
Associated areas of study for the three topics above include: Art, Community Psychology, Dance, Education, Health
& Medicine, Music, Psychology, Nursing, Theater, etc.
You’ll need to translate your selected research topic into a few keywords. Use the suggested examples above, or come
up with your own keywords and concepts to search for books and articles in the following pages.
**If you are off campus, you will be prompted to login with your UWNetID and password!**
2. Find background information articles using Gale Virtual Reference
Gale Virtual Reference is a collection of fulltext e-books (mostly specialized, subjectspecific encyclopedias) for getting background
on topics.
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Using the research topic (and example keywords) you chose in Step 1; conduct a keyword search in the Gale Virtual
Reference database, linked from your STAR DCI guide on the “Research” page, to identify background reference
articles on your topic.
Gale will suggest keywords to you as you type in the search box. Please record what keywords you tried to enter, and
then which of GVRL’s suggestions you chose (if any).
Keywords used: Type your keywords here.
In 1-2 sentences, comment on the types of results you retrieved: What did you find? How many results? What types
of articles/resources do these appear to be? What did you expect to find? Etc.
Type your answer here.
Select an article relating to your research topic and write down the citation here:
Type title here.
Article title:
Type author here.
Article author(s):
Type encyclopedia here.
Encyclopedia title:
Type date here.
Publication date:
Skim through the article you’ve selected. Does it look useful for your research topic? Why or why not? Please
describe in 1 or 2 sentences:
Type your answer here.
3. Find scholarly journal articles using EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is one of the Libraries’
largest databases, containing articles from many
different disciplinary backgrounds. It contains
scholarly and non-scholarly sources, but allows
you to limit your search to scholarly sources with
a check box, based on the requirements of your research assignments.
Using the research topic (and example keywords) you chose in Step 1, conduct a keyword search in the Academic
Search Complete database, linked from your STAR DCI guide on the “Research” page, to identify scholarly articles on
your topic.
Keywords used: Type your keywords here.
Sometimes you’ll find reference to an article, but the database you’re in doesn’t have the full text. When that happens,
look for the “Check for full text” button:
This will check for other databases where we might have the
full text, and try to link you to the full text.
In 1-2 sentences, comment on the types of results you retrieved: What did you find? How many results? What types
of articles/resources do these appear to be? What did you expect to find? Etc.
Type your answer here.
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Select an article relating to your research topic and write down the citation here:
Type title here.
Article title:
Type author(s) here.
Article author(s):
Type journal title here.
Journal/publication title:
Publication date (yr., mo.): Type date here.
Type info here.
Volume, issue, page #s:
Skim through the article you’ve selected. Does it look useful for your topic research? Why or why not? Please
describe in 1 or 2 sentences:
Type your answer here.
4. Explore Disciplinary Research using Subject Research Guides
The Campus Library Subject Guides provide you
access to research tools (journal article databases,
background information, web sites, and more)
organized by topic or academic discipline. These
pages are created by the librarians responsible for
the areas of study listed.
Based on your research topic, choose a subject research guide:
Go to the Campus Library homepage, http://library.uwb.edu, and click on the “Research Guides by Subject” link.
From the list of subject research guides, http://libguides.uwb.edu/, choose the subject guide you feel is most related
to your chosen research topic.
Write down the following information about your subject guide:
Type guide name here.
Subject guide name
(e.g., Psychology)
Subject librarian name:
Type librarian here.
(e.g., Suzan Parker)
Why do you think that this particular guide would be a good one for your research topic? (1-2 sentences)
Type your answer here.
Click into the subject research guide you selected, and go to the “Find Articles” tab (tab labels may vary slightly) to
review the list of scholarly article databases. Conduct a keyword search in one of them (if EBSCO
Academic Search Complete is listed on the guide, please choose another database for this
section).
Which database did you search? Type database name here.
Skim the first 1-2 pages of the search results. Do the results look similar or different than those from the Academic
Search Complete database? In what ways? (1 or 2 sentences)
Type your answer here.
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Discovery Core I: Strategies and Tools for Academic Research (STAR) Project
PART 3: Explore the Campus Library’s physical space, finding books on the shelves
– 6 pts – due October 23rd –
Send this completed section electronically to Collect It Dropbox at Catalyst.uw.edu
Your Librarian: Julie Planchon Wolf – jwolf@uwb.edu
This worksheet is located online at:
http://library.uwb.edu/guides/cusp104gk/2014-STAR-Project-Worksheet-Kovalesky-Final.docx
Your Name: Type name here.
Your DCI section and instructor(s): BCUSP 104G & K, Prof. Andrea Kovalesky
Use this worksheet to record and submit your work on the STAR Project. The instructions and links necessary to
complete the worksheet are in the online DCI STAR guide at: http://libguides.uwb.edu/Kovalesky
The main point of this section is to get you into “the stacks,” tracking down books on the shelves (mostly upstairs on the
third floor of the library), and exploring how they’re organized, which may be different from what you’ve experienced in
libraries before. First, you’ll search online to find a title and call number.
1. To get started, go to the Campus Library’s home page,
http://library.uwb.edu, and click on the tab that says
“UW Libraries Search (Beta).”
2. Now, when you search (using the research topic and
example keywords you chose in PART 2 back on the first page) your results will be limited to only items that we
have in the campus library—mostly books, dvds, and ebooks.
Type your keywords into the box, and complete your search. Keywords used: Type your keywords here.
In 1-2 sentences, comment on the types of results you retrieved: What did you find? How many results? What
types of sources do these appear to be? What did you expect to find? Etc.
Type your answer here.
3. Since the goal of this exercise is to give you some practice searching on the shelves of the library, you’re now going
to limit to books that are in the Campus Library.
Use the “Resource Type” option in the left menu bar of your screen to limit to books. If you don’t
see a link for books, you may need to click on “More options.” Then, be sure to click the box in the
column “include” next to books. (If you accidentally click in the “exclude” column, you’ll eliminate
books from your results.)
4. Click on the dropdown menu next to the search box that says, “Articles, Books and More,” and select “UW
Bothell/CCC Library.” Then click Search again. Finally, near the top of your list, where it says, “Show only,” click on
the link that says, “Available in the Library.”
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If you did not find any items relating to your topic with your search, this would be a good time to ask for help from a
librarian: http://library.uwb.edu/askus.html. Librarians can help you find a book to fill out this next section with. Be
sure to tell the librarian you’re working on your STAR project. Chat is mostly staffed by Seattle campus librarians, so
for Bothell-based help, try one of the other contact options (in person, phone, or email), and tell the librarian you’re
working on your STAR project.
5. Select a book you think looks relevant to your research, and click on “Availability & Request Options.” There may
be more than one UW Library that has the book, but one of them should start with “UWB/CCC Library.” Record
the following information about your book.
Type title here.
Book title:
Type author here.
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Library location (e.g., 3rd Floor stacks): Type location here.
Type call # here.
Call number:
Going to the shelves on the 3rd floor (or possibly another library location, like Reserves)
Now, use the library location and call number you wrote down to locate this book. If your library location starts with
something other than “Bothell/CCC” (e.g., “Health Sciences Library Serials,” or “Suzzallo and Allen Libraries Stacks”)
then you may have missed some of the instructions in step 4 or 5 above. Please go back and limit to UW Bothell/CCC
Library, and choose a book that is available in the Campus Library. It is important that you actually go to the shelves
to explore. If you’re filling this out electronically, you may want to save at this point, and come back with notes that
answer the rest of the questions in PART 3.
Is/was the book on the shelf? Choose an item.
Look through that section on the shelf and choose another book of interest from that shelf. If none is of interest, use
the book that is right next to yours (or closest to your call number recorded above). Write down the following
information for the second book:
Book title:
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Call number:
Type title here.
Type author here.
Type call # here.
Read through the table of contents for a book you’ve selected. Based on the table of contents, does this book look
useful for your topic research? Why or why not? How closely does its subject seem related to your research topic
area? Please describe in 1 or 2 sentences:
Type your answer here.
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Discovery Core I: Strategies and Tools for Academic Research (STAR) Project
PART 4: Reflect
6 pts – Due October 30th
Send this completed section electronically to Collect It Dropbox at Catalyst.uw.edu
Your Librarian: Julie Planchon Wolf – jwolf@uwb.edu
This worksheet is located online at:
http://library.uwb.edu/guides/cusp104gk/2014-STAR-Project-Worksheet-Kovalesky-Final.docx
Your Name: Type name here.
Your DCI section and instructor(s): BCUSP 104G & K, Prof. Andrea Kovalesky
Use this worksheet to record and submit your work on the STAR Project. The instructions and links necessary to
complete the worksheet are in the online DCI STAR guide at: http://libguides.uwb.edu/Kovalesky
Nice work! You’ve now hopefully found some background information, scholarly journal articles, and books on your
research topic!
Write a 250-500 word reflective response commenting on the experience of doing library research at the Campus
Library. Below are several questions to consider as you write – not all questions may be relevant to your own
experience.
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What did you learn about the process of doing library research using academic research tools?
What different types of results did you find across the different research resources? How did the results
differ by resource? Did you have to modify or change your keyword searches, depending on the resource?
By using subject-specific research guides, did you gain any insight into how research is communicated
differently across academic disciplines?
The welcome video described many ways of getting help from librarians. At what point(s) in the STAR Project
did you have questions? Did you seek help – from a student, a librarian, your instructor? Why or why not?
The UW Libraries own or subscribe to a wide variety of research resources for students, but with all this
available information it’s often a challenge to find just the right sources for your work. How do you think the
research requirements for your college classes may differ from those in high school? What questions do you
still have about doing college-level research? How will you go about getting those questions answered?
Type (or cut-and-paste) your reflective response here.
Save a copy this worksheet for your portfolio! In your spring quarter Discovery Core III class
you will create a portfolio reflecting on your first year in college.
This worksheet represents one of your first academic library research adventures, and you
may have more by the time spring rolls around. Keeping this worksheet to revisit it in spring
will help you reflect on how far you’ve come throughout the year in developing your
research skills!
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