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Activity: Is this source credibile?

As a group, take a look at your assigned source and discuss the following questions for the next 5 minutes. 

  • What type of source is this? (e.g. scholarly peer reviewed journal article, scholarly book, online news article, university website, popular book)
  • Is this source trustworthy enough to use for an assignment in this course? Why or why not?

Source #1 - Impact of Servant Leadership on Performance: The Mediating Role of Affective and Cognitive Trust

Source #2 - What’s Now in Leadership?

Source #3 - Rethinking Leadership: A Human Centered Approach to Management Ethics

Source #4 - Which Leadership Style is Best for Your Team

Source #5 - Servant leadership

How do I know if something is credible?

Summary of Tips for Searching for Scholarly Articles and Books

LibrarySearch (search box on Library's home page)

  • Good for searching for scholarly articles and books across disciplines
  • Use the limits provided (peer reviewed and resource type: article) to limit your results
  • Quotation marks "" around two or more words will search it as a phrase "global citizen"
  • Asterisk * searches for different endings on a word develop* will find development, developing
  • Advanced search allows you to specify where a word is located e.g. the title of the resource

Google Scholar

  • Good for searching for scholarly articles across disciplines
  • Look out for non-scholarly content
  • If you are looking for books, use LibrarySearch instead
  • intitle: in front of a word looks for it in the title of the article e.g. intitle:global citizenship
  • Be sure to use date limits - many of the first articles listed are dated

ABI/INFORM Collection

  • Key business database that might be helpful for finding information on leadership.

Using Google Scholar at Home

If you are using Google Scholar at home, you will have to adjust the settings to see which articles are available full text through MRU library.

Click on the Stacked Menu in the Top Left Corner and Choose Settings

 

Select Library Links. In the search box, search for Mount Royal. Be sure to hit save!

choose library links and search for mount royal

 

Articles that we paid for access to will be flagged in your search results

Links to full text articles at MRU

Searching for Reports from NGOs and Intergovernmental Organizations

 

You can also do a targeted Google search of a particular website - for example:

strategy global health site:who.int

Use the Google Tools to limit to a particular date range e.g. past year

 

APA Guides and Resources

The following APA resources will help you cite in-text, create a reference list, and format your paper.

Librarian

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Cari Merkley
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Email: cmerkley@mtroyal.ca
Phone: 403.440.5068
Office: EL4423U