Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Search String for Research Project

The subject specific database that I chose was ERIC(Education) one. Academic Search Premier provided more relevant results for my topic. I was able to narrow down results in Academic Search Premier by changing some keywords and putting them in different orders. I didn't really narrow down my results from the subject specific database because I only had one result. Synonyms that I used for cause where motivate, draw, account, and aim. Synonyms for people where humans, humanity, body, population. For the word abuse I used misuse, mishandle, misconduct. I was able to find 3 relevant articles from academic search premier and I only found one from the subject specific database cite. From the 3 that I found from academic search premier 2 of them were available in full text but the other was not. From the 1 article that I found on the subject specific database it was not available in full text. The ones that were available in full text were available via FindIt. Since working with databases my research question has changed because I am not sure if I want to do this population anymore. There isnt much information about it. The biggest challenge in composing my research question is that I am not sure if I want to do this population. And also its hard to choose whether to do teens because they dont really abuse steroids. I think that I will be able to overcome these challenges after talking to the Prof. and seeing what she has to say about it.

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  1. Hi Lindsay,

    Thank you for your post about your database comparison. ERIC is a database that focuses on resources for teachers...sometimes they have scholarly journal articles there as well.

    What was the search string that you used in ERIC?

    I don't know if teens abuse steroids consciously, but there must be someone who tells them to take the steroids in the first place.

    If you like, we can meet to discuss what you have found so far on your topic, and go from there...let me know!

    Sincerely,
    Professor Wexelbaum

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