As seasoned researchers know, and as undergraduates are beginning to appreciate, what appears to be \u201ccommon knowledge\u201d is often fine fodder for a literature review or research project. Is there actually enough evidence at this point to support such a petition?<\/p>\n
Assignments often specify a requirement of a certain number of scholarly research articles, making it easy to bypass In addition to outlining key concepts and the direction of research, each article provides references to additional scholarly work as well as relevant, authoritative websites. Armed with this background knowledge, a student researcher can apply her new understanding to more efficiently seeking and interpreting relevant, scholarly research articles.<\/p>\n Next time you embark on a new research adventure – or need supporting evidence for a one-sided argument with a radio journalist – consider one of Andersen Library’s many print and online\u00a0subject-specific encyclopedias<\/a> as your jumping off point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Really? Despite not having been a crack-of-noon riser as a teenager, even I could have told the radio journalist that. (And, in an admittedly sassy moment, I let her know my mind; but who was to hear except for my … Continue reading ![\"Ency-of-Adolesc\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/12\/Ency-of-Adolesc.jpg\")
<\/a> or simply overlook excellent resources such as this December\u2019s feature, the online version of the Encyclopedia of Adolescence<\/a>, published by Elsevier\u2019s Academic Press. Subject-specific encyclopedias like this one often provide an excellent springboard to the background of research in a field. A simple search for the term \u201csleep<\/a>\u201d results in 24 articles from the encyclopedia, ranging from \u201cAdolescent Sleep<\/a>\u201d, to \u201cSleep Patterns and Challenges<\/a>,\u201d to \u201cAdolescent Driving Behavior: A Developmental Challenge<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n