soci 310

library research workshop

Fall 2024 - for  Kate de Medeiros

TO FIND THESE SLIDES & MORE:

Google: soci 310 concordia library

your subject librarian: susie.breier@concordia.ca

ZOOM office hours most Tuesdays 3-5, or by appointment

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ZOOM & H-1132 office hours: most 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

YOUR ASSIGNMENTS:

where does the

library come in?

  1. Find scholarly research (journal articles or books from scholarly presses) based on your topic.  MINIMUM OF 7
     
  2. write an annotated bibliography
     
  3. format citations using APA
     
  4. find & read the research methods sections in your readings
     
  5. engage with the research literature
     
  6. write a background/literature review.

LIBRARY-related stuff you WILL do for your assignments #1-3:

OUR Agenda...

BUT FIRST:

NEED ASSISTANCE WITH ANY OF THOSE 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

ZOOM office hours most Tuesdays 3-5, or by appointment

Text

ZOOM & H-1132 office hours: most 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

  you CAN also find me this way:

under the "Help & How-to" menu, the option Subject and Course guides is highlighted
menu bar from the library web site, with the "Help and How to" tab selected
screenshot of subject & course guides page at: https://concordia.ca/library/guides.html

under sociology see:

screenshot of sociology subject guide page at: https://www.concordia.ca/library/guides.html
  1. Find scholarly research (journal articles or books from scholarly presses) based on your topic.  MINIMUM OF 7
     
  2. write an annotated bibliography
     
  3. format citations using APA
     
  4. find & read the research methods sections in your readings
     
  5. engage with the research literature
     
  6. write a background/literature review.

LIBRARY-related stuff you WILL do for your assignments #1-3:

Assignment 1, due October 24
Research question and annotated bibliography

......An annotated bibliography is a list of scholarly readings (journal articles or books from scholarly presses) based on your topic. The majority of your sources must be less than 10 years old. .... You will have a minimum of 7 sources. For each source, provide the following:

  1. A complete citation of the source using APA formatting
  2. A brief summary of the source.
  3. An evaluation of the research methodolody.
  4. The source’s conclusions.
  5. Your appraisal of the source’s strengths and weaknesses. (Don’t just focus on sample size. Also do not criticize its approach – qualitative versus quantitative – unless you have a well justified reason.)

planned Agenda items

also good to cover

finding research

related to your topic

Back View Of Man In Hoodie Walking On Pedestrian Lane Beside Yellow Building by Scopio from NounProject.com

my topic:
reasons for (not) walking

 my tentative research question:

What factors affect university students' decisions about walking outdoors in their neighbourhood and how do these factors relate to race, racism or socioeconomic inequities?

person walking in a city, at a crosswalk

hAVE YOUR SAY:

better KEYWORDS AND results

where should i enter my keywords and search for  

research on this topic?

tell your classmates

Search for specific library books, ebooks, articles and films

 but go beyond sofia to search for topics

use your
soci 310 LIBRARY tips page

Reminder:

see the first section:

socindex search

...more examples

...interesting results might  include:

now how can you access / download articles you found?

what might this look like in google scholar?

entering your keywords

SEARCH STRATEGIES

("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)

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)

google scholar findit@concordia TIP:

example of a simple keyword

combination in socindex

(YouTube, 7 mins)

Developing your search strategy: VIDEO

search strategy test yourself

from our Library Research Skills Tutorial:

 google scholar "cited by"

once you have found a relevant article,  use

"cited by" to find more recent related material

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2

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google scholar findit@concordia TIP:

IS IT SCHOLARLY/PEER-REVIEWED/ACADEMIC?

In many Library Databases you can use a checkbox:

scholarly articles checklist

test yourself -

which one(s) count(s) as a
scholarly reading?

 

is it a scholarly research reading? name 3 things

This IS an academic/scholarly/
research article. Important clues: published in an peer-reviewed journal, academic language, distinct sections including methodology, long bibliography of references.

This blog entry reports on an interesting study which involved many academics, but it is NOT an academic/scholarly/ peer-reviewed article

Ok, it's scholarly.

but is it a research article?? or is it theoretical?

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

annotated bibliographies

apa format

see your soci 310 library guide

google: soci 310 concordia library

screenshot of the annotated bibliography section of the  soci 310 library guide
screenshot of annotated bibliography help guide, secton with sample of APA style entry

concordia library  guide

sample apa entry:

referencing &
citationS

FROM YOUR assignment guidelines:
 


For all your assignments, you need to use the  APA citation style.

 

typical examples:

in-text citations (APA style)

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).

 

typical examples:

Bibliography (APA style)

example of a list of References. see link below for accesible version: https://onedrive.live.com/View.aspx?resid=9E1D26621EA2350E!922&wdEmbedFS=1&wdo=2&authkey=!ACb0W46RTUEyCPk

see this sample paper with a reference list on p. 17 

What about

automatic citation tools

instead of style guides ?

automatic citation tools

Quick Citation Generators
(for example MyBib, Citation Machine, or  those provided within databases like EBSCO, Google Scholar, Sofia)

* Make sure to  double check your generated citations - they are not always correct! Use the Library's APA citation style guides to make sure all the required elements of the citation are present and correctly formatted.

automatic citation tools

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

Concordia Library provides support for Zotero.

automatic citation tools

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

what about

THAT literature review?

Most peer-reviewed articles  include a literature review within their text, even when it is not separately labeled as such

this paragraph is part of a literature review:

You can also consult literature review journals.  Articles in these journals consist of long and comprehensive literature reviews, with tons of useful references.

Sociology Compass

examples of literature review journals:

Annual Review of Sociology

example of ARTICLE in Sociology Compass:

Sociology Compass article: The unstudied reference neighborhood: Towards a critical theory of empirical neighborhood studies
Annual Review of Sociology Article: Is Racism a Fundamental Cause of Inequlities in Health?

ARTICLE in Annual Review of Sociology:

SEARCH  these lit review journals

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

ONLINE

books

from

other

libraries

what about ai for research and lit reviews??

get some context &

 learn the basics

try out some tools 

EVALUATE:  

how sociological, current  and relevant are your results? Compare with results from SOCindex, Google Scholar, Sofia