Tim Miller - twm2@humboldt.edu - 826-4959
Basic Research
Goals
Today:
- Choosing a topic
- Thinking of keywords
- Searching in databases
- using Booleans
- filters
- subject headings
- saving your work
- citations
Goals
What do YOU want to learn about research?
Sample Assignment
Write a 3-5 page essay about a current issue relevant to the profession using a minimum of three (3) articles. At least one (1) must be a peer-reviewed journal article. All articles should be current- published in the last five (5) years. Include a statement of why the issue is relevant, provide the evidence, and conclude with some recommendations on how to best deal with the issue. The paper should be written following APA style guidelines and include a reference list of your cited articles.
Sample Assignment
Write a 3-5 page essay about a current issue relevant to the profession using a minimum of three (3) articles. At least one (1) must be a peer-reviewed journal article. All articles should be current- published in the last five (5) years. Include a statement of why the issue is relevant, provide the evidence, and conclude with some recommendations on how to best deal with the issue. The paper should be written following APA style guidelines and include a reference list of your cited articles.
Topic
Sample Assignment
Write a 3-5 page essay about a current issue relevant to the profession using a minimum of three (3) articles. At least one (1) must be a peer-reviewed journal article. All articles should be current- published in the last five (5) years. Include a statement of why the issue is relevant, provide the evidence, and conclude with some recommendations on how to best deal with the issue. The paper should be written following APA style guidelines and include a reference list of your cited articles.
Basic Requirements
Sample Assignment
Write a 3-5 page essay about a current issue relevant to the profession using a minimum of three (3) articles. At least one (1) must be a peer-reviewed journal article. All articles should be current- published in the last five (5) years. Include a statement of why the issue is relevant, provide the evidence, and conclude with some recommendations on how to best deal with the issue. The paper should be written following APA style guidelines and include a reference list of your cited articles.
Purpose of the articles
Sample Assignment
Write a 3-5 page essay about a current issue relevant to the profession using a minimum of three (3) articles. At least one (1) must be a peer-reviewed journal article. All articles should be current- published in the last five (5) years. Include a statement of why the issue is relevant, provide the evidence, and conclude with some recommendations on how to best deal with the issue. The paper should be written following APA style guidelines and include a reference list of your cited articles.
Citation & Styles
Develop your topic
Choose something of interest to you!
Topic: Racism in sports mascots
Keywords: what I already ‘know’ about the topic
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Current issues with Native American movements
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Washington Pro Football Team
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#NotYourMascot
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eradication offensive native mascotry
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Past issues, how they were resolved
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State why, Describe why, Recommendations
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Develop your topic
Keywords from my topic:
- mascot, sports mascot
- racism, race
- stereotypes, offensive stereotypes
- Native American
- Washington R*skins
Start broad and narrow down
- mascot AND racism - simple, easy to add terms later
Research Secrets:
There are no magic tricks
- Research requires time & patience
Try different things
- there is no one search that will uncover everything that you're looking for- you will need to repeat, repeat, repeat
Booleans
AND, OR & NOT
Subject Headings
- Similar to hashtags in social media
- Curated by specialists
- Assigned to the article when it is added to the database
- Encapsulates a concept, not just a specific word
Subject Headings
e.g. the subject heading 'Native Americans' would include:
- American Indians
- Native Americans
- American aborigines
- Eskimos
To get all of these using a keyword search:
- American Indians OR Native Americans OR American aborigines OR Eskimos
Let's try it out
Basic Research
By Tim Miller
Basic Research
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