research methodologies, building a research base 2

Research Process Seminar: Building a Research base 2 Term 1. Week 3, 17/10/2013

The aims of this session are:- to practice how to find suitable research sources- to discuss how to determine useful source material and how to order your research archive

By the end of this session:

- you will have practiced different ways to access research sources.

- you will have reflected on how to determine useful source material and

how to order research archive.

Research Process Seminar: Building a Research base 2 Term 1. Week 3, 17/10/2013

SESSION PLAN

-1. Introduction of the session

-2. ACTIVITY 1. Practice: finding useful resources already identified.

- 3. ACTIVITY 2. Identify new (potentially) useful resources.

- 4. HOW TO DETERMINE IF A SOURCE IS USEFUL?

-5. ORDENING YOUR RESEARCH ARCHIVE

-6. Wrap up: questions, doubts and comments

Research Process Seminar: Building a Research base 2 Term 1. Week 3, 17/10/2013

2. ACTIVITY 1. Practice: finding useful resources already identified.

1.Download Deleuze's article.

2.Find the New York Times article written by Hasan Elahi, 29 Oct. 2011.

3.Go to NTU LIBRARY and write down the NTU classmark number of Tagg's book.

4.Go to CP2 MODULE GUIDE and identify useful source(s) to research on Seminar text 1 and 2 core issues.

Research Process Seminar: Building a Research base 2 Term 1. Week 3, 17/10/2013

3. ACTIVITY 2. Practice:

Identify new (potentially) useful resources,

using different methods - books, - reference books, - exhibition catalogues- magazines or journals, - encyclopedias (not Wikipedia), - Newspapers,- Webpages,- blogs,- photographs, films, documentaries, videoworks...

Research Process Seminar: Building a Research base 2 Term 1. Week 3, 17/10/2013

NTU libraryBritish library catalogueGoogle scholar: http://scholar.google.co.uk/Module resource list

Other useful resources:Amazon.co.uk

Ubuweb, http://www.ubu.com/film/Openculture, http://www.openculture.com/Videodatabank, http://www.vdb.org/http://artdesignlibrary.wordpress.com/

4. HOW TO DETERMINE IF A SOURCE IS USEFUL?

Which methods would you employ?---

Research Process Seminar: Building a Research base 2 Term 1. Week 3, 17/10/2013

4. ORDERING YOUR RESEARCH ARCHIVE

-Where and how do you keep your research materials?-Where and how do you order your notes?

Physical and digital

Research Process Seminar: Building a Research base 2 Term 1. Week 3, 17/10/2013

Seminar: Introduction to academic researchTerm 1. Week 2, 10/10/2013

Comments, questions...

Answer Learning Journal questions, p.12