ANTH 315

library research workshop Fall 2024

 

GOOGLE: anth 315 concordia library

today's context - 

ANTH 315: RESEARCH QUESTIONS + ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

from yourAssignment Guidelines:

.... Students must identify 4 peer-reviewed sources that are directly relevant to their topic/research question(s). For each of your 4 sources, identify the author’s key arguments / methods and briefly explain the relevance for your proposed research. 
 

... at least 2 of your 4 sources must be anthropological/ethnographic in focus
 

...APA-style citation preferred...If you are not using APA citation, you must clearly identify the other major citation format you are using (MLA/Chicago) and use it consistently.

What do YOU want to cover?

tell me here:

OUR Agenda....

but first:

need assistance with any of these agenda items?

 ask questions - GET HELP:

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at the AskUs desk

 

via chat

 

via email

 

by phone

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Need assistance beyond a quick chat,
and have a bit of time to plan?

your subject librarian: susie.breier@concordia.ca

Office hours:

ZOOM & H-1132

Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 pm

or by appointment

AskUs Desk
Webster LB building:
 

most Tuesdays 1-3

most Fridays 4-5

AskSusie, every Tuesday 3:30-5:30 pm, ask any question under the sun about research or the library

pronouns: she/her/elle

how else can you find me?

under anthropology see:

OUR Agenda

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!!

what if you are looking

for a journal?

for example, the latest issue of American Ethnologist journal?

or continue on to finding articles

that inform your study ....

to find academic articles 

RELEVANT TO YOUR TOPIC

where wouldyou search?

tELL your CLASSMATES

why does it matter  where you search again??

where you search affects

what you find and how you find it

Search for specific library books, ebooks, articles and films

 but go beyond sofia 
to search for topics...

anthropology databases

  1. GOOGLE: anth 315 concordia library
     
  2. Open ANTH 315 Field Research Library Tips page
     
  3. At the top you will find a list of suggested databases 
     

Anthropology and anthropology-related Databases

examples

Anthropology and anthropology-related Databases

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 anthropology-related Databases

search examples

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.

search example

google scholar

worried about how to combine those keywords?

try some searches in our ARTICLE DATABASES

-- save your results  to Zotero!! 

optional -  share your topic:

evaluating  results

Text

https://bit.ly/3YJieKS

ACCESSING THE ACTUAL TEXT/PDFS

FINDIT@CONCORDIA

now how can you access / download articles you found?

what might this look like in google scholar?

google scholar findit@concordia TIP:

for your own further review:

 sample searches  on "CLIMATE CHANGE"

in various databases:

  • Sofia
  • Google Scholar
  • Anthropology Plus

climate change in Sofia:

climate change in Google Scholar:

CLIMATE CHANGE in anthropology plus

or continue on to scholarly

conversations in google scholar....

GOOGLE SCHOLAR scholarly conversations 

I loved Kim TallBear's 2014 article:  "Standing With and Speaking as Faith: A Feminist-Indigenous Approach to Inquiry".

 

I want to find more recent articles that engage with (ie that cite) this work, but that also deal with my current tentative area of interest, environmental justice and social movements.

 "CITED BY" - search EXAMPLE:

environmental justice social movements

google scholar findit@concordia TIP:

select Google Scholar and try some searches -- save to Zotero!! 

or continue on to anthropology

bibliographies and literature reviews....

academic anthropology bibliographies / review articles

you will find short literature reviews within most academic articles 

EXAMPLE:

literature review JOURNAL

SEARCH

EXAMPLE of an article in

annual review of anthropology:

more

bibliography/review journals:

or continue on to identiying

academic/ scholarly / peer-reviewed articles....

scholarly / Peer-reviewed / academic

articles

peer-reviewed articles

anatomy of a typical
scholarly research article

graphic showing typical sections in a scholarly article, in this order: Journal/publication name/info, Article Title, Authors, Abstract, Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, Conclusion, Bibliography
  • Introduction/Literature Review
     
  • Research Question(s)/Thesis statement
     
  • Methods
     
  • Key concepts/theories
     
  • Findings
     
  • Conclusion/Limitations/Further research

 some elements of a scholarly research article

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:

evaluating  results

Text

https://bit.ly/3YJieKS

or continue on to entering

keywords and search strategies....

How to properly enter your KEYWORDS in Library Databases

search strategies

handout to download:

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)

search tips & tricks
 standard library article databases

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 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.

("police brutality" OR "police violence" OR "police shootings")

AND

(racis* OR discrimination OR bias or profiling)

AND

(defund OR aboli* OR reform)

in library article databases:

in google scholar:

("police brutality" OR "police violence" OR "police shootings") (racism OR discrimination OR bias OR profiling) (defund OR abolition OR reform)

review: entering keywords

(YouTube, 7 mins)

Developing your search strategy: VIDEO

or continue on to citation &

bibliography formats....

formatting referencES:

citations, bibliographies & annotated bibliographies

sfu library  guide

sample apa annotated bibliography  entry:

screenshot of annotated bibliography help guide, secton with sample of APA style entry

concordia library  guide

sample apa annotated bibliography  entry:

WHAT ABOUT ZOTERO?? 

DEMO/TRY IT OUT

why is citing important??

CITATIONS AND BIBLIOGRAPHY FORMATING FOR YOUR FINAL PAPER

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 2015

I 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,Canada Research Chair in Black Studies. from:"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!

examples:

screenshot formgoogle scholar with 3 search hits, with the "cite" link highlighted

b) citation management tools

Sometimes also called bibliographic management tools, these allow you to:

  • Download citations you find in library catalogues, databases, Google Scholar, and on the web.
     
  • Store and organize citations, and prepare a bibliography or reference list automatically.
     
  • 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...........

Concordia Library provides support for Zotero.

automatic citation tools

Citation Management SOFTWARE
(for example RefWorks, Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero....)

your subject librarian: susie.breier@concordia.ca

Office hours:

ZOOM & H-1132

Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 pm

or by appointment

AskUs Desk
Webster LB building:
 

most Tuesdays 1-3

most Fridays 4-5

AskSusie, every Tuesday 3:30-5:30 pm, ask any question under the sun about research or the library

pronouns: she/her/elle