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Handouts…

Agenda

• 7 Research Steps • Your Assignments• Primary & Secondary Sources• Topic Narrowing/Broadening• Identifying/Locating/Evaluating• Citing References• What will you differently?• Questions Welcome!

Road to Research

Research Paper Steps1. Pick a topic2. ID topic limiters3. Brainstorm4. ID search tools5. Keyword => Subject6. Evaluate Results7. Save Citations & Locate

Your Assignments...

Primary & Secondary Sources

• Midterm Project– Organization = Primary Source– Research about it = Secondary Source

• Final Project– Examples of Art Forms = Primary

Sources– Analytical articles = Secondary

Sources

For more…• Research Guide for your class:http://guides.library.ucla.edu/

GE80Humanities

Topic Narrowing/Broadening

Mental MappingOsher Lifelong Learning Institute at

UCLA Extension

Key Topic Words• Osher• Lifelong Learning• Institute• UCLA • Extension

Related Words/Concepts

• Learn*, Education*, Senior Citizen*, Elder*

• Institute*, Program*, Project* • Los Angeles, L.A., California,

United States, U.S.• Adult School*

Topic Overview• Research Guide for your class

How to Focus a Topic…• Theme: Trying to hold back

aging• Artistic expression: Novel

Possible Topic Limiters• Time Period• Geographic Region• Event or Aspect• Person or Group

Tentative Topic Peter Pan: the Boy Who Wouldn’t

Grow Up, published in England in 1911, correctly represented the British public’s attitude toward aging at that time.

Brainstorm…• Theme: Leaving a legacy• Artistic Form: Film• Task 1: Come up with 1-4 limiters

– Time Period– Geographic Region– Event or Aspect– Person or Group

• Task 2: Write Tentative Topic

Questions?

9-MINUTE BREAK!

What’s a JOURNAL?

Academic Conversations

Evidence…

Peer Review/Referee Process

Empirical“Derived from observation or

experiment rather than speculation or theory.”

Colman, A. M. (2006). A Dictionary of Psychology. Oxford; New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Questions?

Finding Primary Sources & Article

Databases• Research Guide for your class• UCLA Library

– Digital Collections– E-Resources– Frequently Used DBs– DBs by Subject

Examples: Primary Source Databases

• ARTStor• UCLA Library’s Digital Collections• LC Flickr Photostreams• Internet Movie Database• Lyrics Search Engine• Short Story Index• LION (Literature Online)

Examples: Secondary Source Databases• Mid-Term Project

– Academic Search Complete– Business Source Complete

• Final Project– MLA Bibliography– Literature Resource Center– International Index to Performing Arts– Web of Knowledge– LION

PsycINFO• Topics: Psychology & Related

Fields• Items: Journal articles, book

chapters, dissertations, conference proceedings

• Time: 1806-present

Try it!

Let’s help…

Don’t Pay for Articles!!!

Abstracts & Annotations

• What’s an abstract?• What’s an annotation?

Internet Public Librarywww.ipl.org

Questions?

Citation Style Help• APA Publication Manual (print--

2001)• KnightCite (APA 5th ed.)• SourceAid (APA 5th ed.)

Review: Save Time & Effort!

• Your Assignments• 7 Research Steps • Topic Narrowing/Broadening• Identifying, Locating & Evaluating

Articles• Annotating & Citing References

•Think Critically!• and…

Ask Us!

What will you do differently?

What will you do differently?

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Research Your Own Topics…