ANTH 315
library research workshop Fall 2023
GOOGLE: anth 315 concordia library
today's context
Your next assignment is an annoted bibliography. In it you are asked to: explore the literature associated with your research topic; identify, read and summarize 3-4 academic that will help to INFORM YOUR STUDY. Articles should cover a specific aspect of your study – the space, the location, the object of study, or the method, the processes, ethics involved in conducting such a study.
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:
at the AskUs desk
via chat
via email
by phone
Need assistance beyond a quick chat,
and have a bit of time to plan?
your subject librarian: susie.breier@concordia.ca (she/her)
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
AskUs Desk
Webster LB building: most Tuesdays 1-3
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Google: concordia library anthropology
how else can you find me?
under anthropology see:
- ACCESS resources at Concordia and beyond
- Find ARTICLES that can INFORM your study / research question
- Use Google Scholar to engage in scholarly conversations
- Good anthropology BIBLIOGRAPHIES/ LITERATURE REVIEWS
- Enter KEYWORDS in Library Databases (SEARCH STRATEGIES)
- Ensure articles are ACADEMIC / peer-reviewed / scholarly
- Properly format REFERENCES / Citations (APA style)
- ZOTERO
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
that will help inform your study
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
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.
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.
for your own further review:
sample searches on "CLIMATE CHANGE"
in various databases:
- Sofia
- Google Scholar
- iPortal
- Anthropology Plus
climate change in Sofia:
climate change in Google Scholar:
climate change in iPortal:
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:
or continue on to anthropology
bibliographies and literature reviews....
anthropology bibliographies &
literature review journals
how to write aN annotated bibliography
academic anthropology bibliographies / review articles
literature review JOURNAL
or continue on to identiying
academic/ scholarly / peer-reviewed articles....
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:
or continue on to entering
keywords and search strategies....
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
or continue on to citation &
bibliography formats....
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...........