ANTH 302
library research workshop Winter 2024
GOOGLE: anthropology concordia library
FINAL FIELDWORK & ESSAY:
library context -
- Develop and position your two main ideas/questions/concepts relative to 2 papers from class, as well as 2-4* scholarly papers of your own choosing.
- Please use APA format for in-text citations and bibliography.
*depending on the paper option you choose
OUR Agenda....
but first:
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OR by appointment
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Google: concordia library anthropology
how can you find me?
GOOGLE:
anthropology concordia library
how else can you find me?
under anthropology see:
back to today's context
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Find 2-4* scholarly papers relevant to your two main ideas/questions/concepts
- Use APA format for in-text citations and bibliography.
OUR Agenda
to find scholarly articles
RELATED TO YOUR TOPICs
where wouldyou search?
tELL your CLASSMATES
Search for specific library books, ebooks, articles and films
but go beyond sofia
to search for topics...
why does it matter where you search again??
where you search affects
what you find and how you find it
anthropology & art databases
what's your lens?
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Art Fulltext: good all-around source for art-related research
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Anthropology Plus: the most anthropology-specific database, but on the small and narrow side
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SOCIndex: focused on sociology and social sciences, including anthropology
- Academic Search Complete: large, multidisciplinary
Anthropology and art databases
examples
In Art Fulltext includes mostly art journals, but you can sometimes find anthropology leaning stuff by adding anthropoog* as a key word
search examples
In Anthropology Plus most results will be from anthropological journals or written by anthropologists, but there won't be many hits.
Anthropology and art databases
handout to download:
search strategies
now how can you access / download articles you found?
google scholar
google scholar strategies:
- use OR for alternative terms
- use quotation marks " " for phrases
- DON'T use AND (it is implied)
- DON'T use * ( happens automatically)
in ebsco article databases:
in google scholar:
anthropolog*
AND
(art OR aesthetic*)
AND
sound
anthropology (art OR aesthetics) sound
google scholar example searches
GOOGLE SCHOLAR scholarly conversations
"CITED BY" - search EXAMPLE:
YOUR TURN
1. Search for your 2-4 articles, using and comparing:
- one or more of the Library Databases listed on the What's your lens? slide
- Google Scholar
2. Save one or more of the articles you found into Zotero
scholarly / Peer-reviewed / academic
articles
peer-reviewed articles
In some Library Databases you can use a checkbox:
TEST YOURSELF:
is it academic / scholarly /
peer-reviewed?
This blog entry reports on an interesting study which involved many academics, but it has NOT been published as an academic/scholarly/ peer-reviewed article
This IS an academic/scholarly/
peer-reviewed article. Important clues: academic language, author outlines specific research method, long bibliography of references, published in a peer-reviewed journal, Transforming Anthropology
what about this one:
How to properly enter your KEYWORDS in Library Databases
search strategies
handout to download:
| TIP | WHAT IT DOES | EXAMPLE |
|---|---|---|
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AND |
Combines concepts. Limits how many results your search produces |
police AND violence |
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OR |
Allows for synonyms or alternative terms. Increases the number or results your search produces. |
violence OR brutality |
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* |
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) |
search tips & tricks
standard library article databases
in Anthropology and anthropology-related Databases
review: entering keywords
In Anthropology Plus most results will be from anthropological journals or written by anthropologists, but there won't be many hits.
In multidisciplinary databases like Academic Search Complete and related subject databases like SocINDEX, there will be more hits, but you may want to add keywords to find articles which employ anthropological or ethnographic methods.
example of a keyword
combination in socindex
(YouTube, 7 mins)
Developing your search strategy: VIDEO
your turn
- Create an APA-fromatted reference for at least one of the articles you found
- Write a paragraph in describing or referring to the article and insert an APA-formatted in-text citation to it to it.
formatting referencES:
citations & bibliographies
why is citing important??
This is a challenge for all of us: Reflect on the way you approach referencing the work of others in your own writing, presenting and thinking. Whose work do you build on to make arguments ... Who are you citing, and why do you cite them (and not others)?
Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang, Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández,"Citation Practices" Critical Ethnic Studies, April 2015I believe that bibliographies and endnotes and references and sources are alternative stories that can, in the most generous sense, centralize the practice of sharing ideas about liberation and resistance and writing against racial and sexual violence.
Katherine McKittrick,"Footnotes (Books and Papers Scattered about the Floor)", Dear Science and Other Stories,2021
some different perspectives....
what's the simplest way to properly cite?
it depends.
Start by picking a citation style
and consulting a:
use a citation style guides:
APA STYLE: typical examples:
in-text citations
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).
APA STLe: typical exampleS:
Bibliography
see this sample paper with a reference list on p. 17
What about automatic citation tools?
take your pick:
a) citation generators*
b) citation management tools*
Make sure to double check your generated citations - they are not always correct! Use those citation style guides to make sure all the required elements of the citation are present and correctly formatted.
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a) citation generators
Many library databases (for example: Sofia Discovery tool, EBSCO and ProQuest databases) as well as Google Scholar will provide you with formatted citations in the style of your choice that you can copy and paste into your bibliography, reference list or works cited list!
b) citation management tools
Sometimes also called bibliographic management tools, these allow you to:
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Download citations you find in library catalogues, databases, Google Scholar, and on the web.
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Store and organize citations, and prepare a bibliography or reference list automatically.
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Automatically format and insert in-text citations and a bibliography into papers you are writing with Microsoft Word, for example.
There are several citation management tools available.
Concordia Library provides support for ZOTERO...........
accessing resources at concordia & beyond
Search for library books, ebooks, articles and films
what if the library doesn't have it ONLINE?
request a book and pick it up later....
or use the call number and locate button to find it
what if the library DOESN'T have it at all?
search for it in any library worldwide:
... and simply request it!
but you CAN'T borrow ebooks from other libraries!!
