Running head: LIBRARY ASSIGNMENT

Crystal McField
International College of the Cayman Islands
Library Assignment
SO-301
How to search LIRN, Peer Reviewed Journals
LECTURER: Michelle Williams
Date: November 16, 2016

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On Thursday, November 16, 2016, I attended a presentation hosted by the librarian Ms.
Michelle Williams. The presentation topic was how to use the LIRN database properly and how
to use keywords to search other academic databases. ICCI has access to academic databases such
as LIRN and EBSCO.
One of the requirements of all classes within the college is writing research papers and in
doing so there has to be peer reviewed or scholarly articles/ journals to support and justify your
topic. Basically, 'peer review' is a scholarly term for quality control. Every article published was
analyzed by a board of analysts who are specialists on the article's point. The analysts search for
appropriate utilization of research techniques, the methodology of the paper's commitment to the
current writing, and a mix of past writers' work on the point in any discourse. Papers distributed
in these databases are master affirmed and the most legitimate wellsprings of data for school
level research papers.
Articles from "well known" publications such as magazines, daily papers or many locales
on the Internet are distributed with negligible altered for spelling and language structure, maybe;
in any case, normally not for real precision or scholarly uprightness. While intriguing to peruse,
these articles aren't adequate to bolster investigate at a scholastic level. During the discussion,
Ms. Tania also added that peer reviewed journals focused on the methodology of research
ensuring that the sample size was adequate and that right conclusion was drawn from the data
received.
In the LIRN database, there are options that can be selected to identify and determine that
only peer reviewed articles are selected. Ms. Micelles handout stated that there are four methods
to use to identify these articles and they are, limiting database selection, using the

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ulrichsweb.com to see if the source of an article is peer reviewed, examine the publication
physically and finally find the official website and check to see if it states the article was peer
reviewed.

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Reference
Coulter, P. (2016, October 26). What does "peer reviewed" mean? Retrieved November 17, 2016,
from http://apus.libanswers.com/faq/2154
How to recognize peer-reviewed (refereed) journals. (n.d.). Retrieved November 17, 2016, from
http://www.angelo.edu/services/library/handouts/peerrev.php
Williams. M. , personal communication, November 16, 2016.