who am I?

• I'm Ryan, the Data Services Librarian
• I use he/him/his pronouns
• I work with the Economics, Geography, Sociology/Anthropology, & Philosophy departments
• I help people find and use data
• I can help with all stages of your research!
• You can find more at go/ryan/

what are we covering today?

• keyword searching concepts
• literature review sources
• questions

keyword searching

• break your question into concepts
• think of synonyms for the concepts: use language from the literature
• be ready to be flexible on which concepts are most important: e.g. is geography really the most important?

boolean logic

*most databases assume "and"

remember!

• searching the literature is iterative
• learn from your searches
• keep a record of your searches: start a text file

searching anthropology literature sources

• Summon (go/summon/)
• AnthroSource (go/anthrosource/)
• Scopus (go/scopus/)
• Google Scholar (scholar.google.com)

evaluating sources

where does it come from?

• is it scholarly? peer reviewed?
• is there evidence? can you trace this evidence?
• what is the tone?
• is it free from errors?

who wrote it and why?

• is the author qualified to write on the topic?
• are their credentials visible? or can you find them?
• why did they write this? for what audience?
• can you find out how the research is funded?
• does any of this show bias?

organizing your research

go/zotero/

 and remember:

go/ryan/

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