VIDEO: Welcome for Criminology Students (19:45)
Introduction to library resources for Criminology students by Chris Burns, KPU's Criminology liaison librarian. Includes tour of the research guides for Criminology and Law.
A series of 6 videos is planned to support the research methods courses in Criminology, particularly CRIM 1208. Four of them are complete and have been posted in Kaltura and on the Library's CRIM 1208 research guide.
VIDEO: What is Original (Primary) Research in Criminology? (19:38)
Describes the typical structure of an original research article, with a particular focus on the Methods section. It shows examples of several types of original research articles (qualitative and quantitative, including articles using secondary data, and meta-analyses), as well as several types of secondary articles (book reviews, editorial essays, theoretical analyses and literature reviews). The emphasis is on learning to read the abstract for indications of original research, and checking for a Methods section in the article.
Part 1 of the Finding Original Research Articles in Criminology video series.
The learning objectives for this video are that students will use the Criminal Justice Abstracts database to learn how to:
Take your basic search a step further. Learn how to expand and narrow your database search results to focus in on relevant articles. Also covers how to create and save a folder of useful articles. Builds on the
Basic Tips video. (26:58)
Part 5 of the Finding Original Research Articles in Criminology video series.
The learning objectives for this video are that students will use the Criminal Justice Abstracts database to learn how to: