Core Advanced RW 3990

In this activity you will use a journal article's references list, footnotes, or works cited list to find more sources.

Instructions

Go through this page in order:

1. Read the text.
2. Watch the silent video.
3. And follow the instructions as you go.

You can use the references or works cited list of an article to find more sources.

Using References or Works Cited

The video below walks through how you can use the references or works cited section of an article to find more sources.

Note: this video does not have narration.

Next, follow the steps from the video to find more articles on your topic.

Do this

1. Use the article you brought for today's class or one of these sample articles. Go to your article's references section. (Note: Depending on the formatting of the article, the references list could be at the end of the article or in footnotes at the bottom of each page.)
2. Look at the titles of the sources in the references or works cited section, and mark any that look relevant to your research topic.
3. Choose one citation for a scholarly journal article, and select either the article title or DOI (digital object identifier). (Need help determining if a citation refers to a scholarly journal article? You can visit "3990 Library Essentials: Recognizing a Scholarly Journal Article Citation" [opens in new window].)
4. Go to Lavery Library's home page and enter either the article title or DOI into the Big Red Box.
5. Open the PDF of the article.

Help

Can't find the article you're looking for in the Big Red Box?

Go back to your references and look up a different journal article.

Your librarian will explain how to find articles if they don't appear in the Big Red Box.

I didn't bring an article to class today...

Need an article? If you didn't bring an article to class today, you can use one of these sample articles:

• Hofferth, S. L., & Sandberg, J. F. (2001). How American children spend their time. Journal of Marriage and Family, 63(2), 295–308. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3654593 [opens in new window]

• Brooks. (2017). “She doesn’t have the basic understanding of a language”: Using spelling research to challenge deficit conceptualizations of adolescent bilinguals. Journal of Literacy Research, 49(3), 342–370. https://doi.org/10.1177/1086296X17714016 [opens in new window]
• Matlin, Champine, R. B., Strambler, M. J., O’Brien, C., Hoffman, E., Whitson, M., Kolka, L., & Tebes, J. K. (2019). A community’s response to adverse childhood experiences: Building a resilient, trauma‐informed community. American Journal of Community Psychology, 64(3-4), 451–466. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12386 [opens in new window]