soci 310
library research workshop
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where does the library
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from your assignment descriptions.....
#1 - develop a research question
Identify an area of interest relevant to the field of sociology: family, crime, health, inequality, aging, education, economy.....
Search for and summarize a [scholarly] journal article related to your interest area
Construct a research question... Explain how it relates to both your interest and your journal article
identify key terms
#2- critical literature review
In order to recognize and build upon work already done in a particular topic area, a literature review is necessary:
Search for at least two more relevant [scholarly] journal articles*. Identify how these articles contribute to your research.
*[you can include and cite other resources in addition to the scholarly articles]
#3- RESEARCH PROSPECTUS
...Literature Review section:
Improve and maximize ......
you may still find other articles...
important guidelines
citation format
*All cited material must be referenced, with page numbers when appropriate.
For referencing, use the Turabian parenthetical citations... be sure to use the reference list [author-date] style
reference list
Brown, Campbell. 2011. "Consequentialize This." Ethics 121, no. 4 (July): 749-71. Accessed December 1, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/660696.
Kurylo, Anastacia. 2012. "Linsanity: The Construction of (Asian) Identity in an Online New York Knicks Basketball Forum." China Media Research 8, no. 4 (October): 15-28. Accessed March 9, 2013. EBSCO SOCindex.
turabian author-date style
parenthetical references
A questionnaire about ethics showed... (Brown 2011, 752). ....In the online forum posts there was evidence... (Kurylo 2012, 16).
where wouldyou search
for journal articles?
show your neighbouR
back to assignment #1
my topic:
walking & talking
which KEYWORDS to USE?
Back up of SOCI 310 winter 2018
By susie breier
Back up of SOCI 310 winter 2018
Library Workshop slides for SOCI 310 Research Methods course, Concordia, Professor Stuart Leard
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