library research workshop
Winter 2024 - for Alejandro Herdandez
GOOGLE: soci 310 concordia library
ZOOM office hours most Tuesdays 3-5, or by appointment
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ZOOM office hours: most Tuesdays
3:30-5:30 pm
OR by appointment
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Webster Library: most Mondays 3-5 pm
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Google: concordia library sociology
...after selecting a research topic, team members will need to identify and read some peer‐reviewed research to see what other researchers have already discovered about that topic.
...It is always a good practice not only to read and identify the content of peer‐reviewed research, but also index it ‘on‐the‐go,’ making use of citation software.
What should we cover today?
tell me here:
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Need assistance beyond a quick chat,
and have a bit of time to plan?
ZOOM office hours most Tuesdays 3-5, or by appointment
Text
ZOOM office hours: most Tuesdays
3:30-5:30 pm
OR by appointment
AskUs Desk
Webster Library: most Mondays 3-5 pm
Text
Google: concordia library sociology
Back View Of Man In Hoodie Walking On Pedestrian Lane Beside Yellow Building by Scopio from NounProject.com
my tentative research question:
What factors affect university students' decisions about walking outdoors in their neighbourhood and how do these factors relate to race, racism or socioeconomic inequities?
Search for specific library books, ebooks, articles and films
*see also: search tips & strategies
peer-reviewed articles checklist
This blog entry reports on an interesting study which involved many academics, but it is NOT an academic/scholarly/ peer-reviewed article
This IS an academic/scholarly/
peer-reviewed article. Important clues: published in an peer-reviewed journal, academic language, distinct sections, long bibliography of references.
VIDEO: peer-review in 3 minutes
SEARCH STRATEGIES
TIP | WHAT IT DOES | EXAMPLE |
---|---|---|
AND |
Combines concepts. Limits how many results your search produces |
police AND violence |
OR |
Allows for synonyms or alternative terms. Increases the number or results your search produces. |
violence OR brutality |
* |
Near the end of a word, retrieves all words that start with the letters entered. Increases the number of results a search produces | Canad* (retrieves Canada, Canadian) |
“ ” | For two words or more, search for an exact phrase only, rather than each keyword separately. Limits how many results your search produces | “systemic racism” (retrieves systemic racism, but not systemic oppression related to racism) |
handout to download:
Most peer-reviewed articles include a literature review within their text, even when it is not separately labeled as such
this paragraph is part of a literature review:
You can also consult literature review journals. Articles in these journals consist of long and comprehensive literature reviews, with tons of useful references.
examples of literature review journals:
example of ARTICLE in Sociology Compass:
ARTICLE in Annual Review of Sociology:
SEARCH these lit review journals
Hakkinen and Akrami (2014) found that “individuals are receptive to climate change communications, regardless of ideological position” (p. 65).
Research shows that people from any ideological background are open to hearing about climate change (Hakkinen & Akrami, 2014).
see this sample paper with a reference list on p. 17
Quick Citation Generators
(for example MyBib, Citation Machine, or those provided within databases like EBSCO, Google Scholar, Sofia)
* Make sure to double check your generated citations - they are not always correct! Use the Library's APA citation style guides to make sure all the required elements of the citation are present and correctly formatted.
...It is always a good practice not only to read and identify the content of peer‐reviewed research, but also index it ‘on‐the‐go,’ making use of citation software.
Note that you can also use citation software to share citations on your topic with your group.
Concordia Library provides support for Zotero.
Citation Management SOFTWARE
(for example RefWorks, Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero....)
Search for library books, ebooks, articles and films
EVALUATE:
how sociological, current and relevant are your results? Compare with results from SOCindex, Google Scholar, Sofia