What this assignment will teach you

1. Learn how to access scholarly database

2. Learn the value of using a narrowed search
3. Learn how to adjust the dates so you retrieve the most recent
information available
4. Learn how to ensure that you are mainly getting research articles, not
editorials or book reviews.
5. Learn how to make sure that the article you retrieve is peer reviewed
Assignment 2 Instructions
1. Access UofT articles website:
Website located here:
https://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/research/articles-databases
2. Type Crime and Deviance in to the search bar and click search:
Example:

Type here

3. In your own words, what problems might present if using this method
to search for journal articles:
4. Go back to the search bar and re-do your search by narrowing down
Crime and Deviance using a related sub-topic of your choice (i.e.
Hate crimes/crimes against minorities), what was the sub topic that
you used:
5. In your own words, how does the search you conducted this time
around compare to the original search you conducted with the broad
topic of Crime and Deviance:

6. Adjust the dates of publication to the most recent years (the last 10
years 2006 2016): (write something here only if you encounter an
issue)

Adjust by dragging these

bars, press update when
done.

7. Check the box indicating that you would only like journal articles:

8. Find an article that you might like to use for the purpose of this
assignment. Open the article by clicking on the title:
a. Were you able to access the first article of your choice: YES / NO
(if no, please describe why it was unable to open and find a
different article to use).
b. Please cite the article as you normally would in a reference page
and provide a link to the article as well.
Example:

Reference: Ralph, S., Capewell, C., & Bonnett, E. (2016).

Disability hate crime: Persecuted for difference. British Journal of
Special Education, 43(3), 215-232.
Link:
http://journals1.scholarsportal.info.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/p
df/09523383/v43i0003/215_dhcpfd.xml
9. To check if the article is peer reviewed,
a. Check to see the name of the journal the article was published
in:

b. Then open ulrichs website (log in):

Weblink here:
http://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com.myaccess.library.utoronto.
ca/
c. Type the name of the journal in the search box:

d. If you see the black book label beside the journal name, then the
article you are reading comes from a peer reviewed journal,
meaning its acceptable. If it does not have the symbol, search
again.

YES!

10.
In 60 words or so, explain how beneficial you thought this activity
was. Describe any problems you had, any insights you gained, what
you still want to know etc.
11.
After completing the assignment, open this poll and click on your
group name to be tallied: https://goo.gl/PmRp0R

12.
Give yourself a huge at on the back, youve done a fantastic job
and have come much closer to becoming a true academic scholar!