ANT1CAG: support session (library help)

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ANT1CAG: Introductionto Library AnthropologyDatabases and ReferencingCaroline OndracekAnthropology Contact @ the Library [Coordinator ASSC- Curricular Services]

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Finding resources for your anthropology research

Journal articles and some other resources are indexed in Library Databases

Key databases for anthropology: Anthropology Plus AnthroSource JSTOR

What's a library

database?

https://www.youtube.com/v/M0vwZVQuI_4

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Where to go on the Library website - latrobe.edu.au/library

General search on the Library homepage:

• Multi-topic search

• Results include print books, eBooks, journal articles, videos and more

• Log-in for more options

• Request print books from other campus libraries

LibGuides: Anthropology, Referencing Styles tutorial,and more

• Journals are searchable by title - both online and print

• Databases - look for the database by title or by subject area

• Access the REFERENCING TOOL

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What’s the process of planning and conducting research?

1) Determine the key concepts or ideas in your assignment topic.

2) Use the key concepts or ideas in your topic and think of search words or terms to use in the databases/search engines (think of synonyms and alternate terms).

3) Search for articles on the Library homepage or choose a database.

Use the Library Guide for help: http://latrobe.libguides.com/anthropology

4) Read the abstract first: is it relevant to your assignment?If yes - locate the full articles or PDF – use

5) Write your assignment and REFERENCE!

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Example Topic

“How can corporate anthropologists help launch new brands?”

Each topic has 2 or 3 main concepts/ideas- these are:

E.g. corporate anthropologists brands

Determine the key concepts or ideas of the topic:

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Think of synonyms and alternate spellings:

Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

corporate or

corporations

OR

AND anthropologist/s

OR

AND brand/s or branding

OR

business/es

OR

anthropology

OR

promotion

OR

firms or

customer/s or

consumer/s,

etc.

anthropological marketing or

products or buyer

behavio/ur, etc.?

Define your search terms:

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Search tips

Truncation: A truncation symbol added to the end of a term allows you to find word variations or alternative spellings.

• Australi* = Australia, Australian, Australians

Wildcards (use for alternative spellings) are used to substitute a symbol for a single letter (character) of a word

• organi?ation = organisation or organization

Phrase searching: This requires terms be searched in the exact order specified within the “quotation marks”.

• “drug use”

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Back to Databases!

• Using the databases tab, select one of the key databases for anthropology: Anthropology Plus (EBSCO) – easy to use AnthroSource – can search or browse the journals (32 full text Anthro

journals) JSTOR - Content in JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities

and social sciences.

Pick a subject area

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Searching the databases: Using Anthropology Plus (EBSCO)• Using Anthropology Plus (EBSCO)

• Full text (contains PDF articles)

• Has basic and advanced search functions (easy to use)

• Limit by data published; limit by material type

• Drill down by further subjects (limiting your search):

• Save your search history

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Searching the databases: Using AnthroSource

Using AnthroSource – American Anthropological Association

Searches over 30 key anthropology journals- full text PDFs

Basic search

Advanced search

You don’t need AND, OR in the fields

• All of the words-automatically adds AND

• Exact phrase- like using “quotation marks”

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Searching the databases: Using AnthroSource

After your initial search, limiting your search by publication, author etc.

Use “search tips” for assistance

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Searching the databases: Jstor

• Using JSTor

• Full text (contains PDF articles)

• Has basic and advanced search functions (easy to use)

• Searches journals, primary sources and books= lots more general social sciences/arts content NOT just anthropology content

• Build a search

• ((((brands or products ) OR (products)) AND (marketing)) AND (cultural anthropology)) AND disc:(anthropology-discipline)

• Limit by resource type, publication date, subject area= anthropology

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Searching the databases: Jstor

• Using JSToR

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Find the article

Urban, G & Koh, K 2013, ‘Ethnographic research on modern business corporations’, Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 42, Oct., pp. 139-158.

Enter the journal name in search bar of the Journals tab.

View versions if multiple versions are found

To access the online version “View Online”, choose a database, provide your La Trobe login & password then find the year, volume, issue and page numbers.

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Referencing: Why reference?

Why do we need to reference?

To acknowledge others’ work

To show your lecturers that you

have done your research

So readers of your work can find the

information you cited

To avoid plagiarism

Not sure why we reference?Academic

Referencing Module

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Referencing – What?

Referencing must be applied if you are: Summarising Paraphrasing, or QuotingSomeone else’s ideas / arguments / findings / data / images / diagrams / figures / etc.

For further information:http://www.latrobe.edu.au/students/learning/academic-integrity/referencing-help

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What is plagiarism?

https://youtu.be/1nbeER1zTGg

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Referencing – When and where?

(NB. The above citations are not in Harvard style.)

2-part system: •In-text citation - includes authors’ surnames and date of publication•Reference list - must be in alphabetical order (of author surname if available)

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Harvard referencing style

Harvard Referencing Tool here:

http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/referencing-tool/harvard

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Citation in text: Where you summarise, quote or paraphrase the author/s, usually you cite the author name/s and date at the

beginning of the sentence:Mead (1975) argued that establishing that posed expressions are universal does not mean….

or the middle:In their study of supply routes in Alaska, Samson and Daft (2012) found that 30% of traders….

or end:The number of applications to nursing schools in England has increased by twenty-five per cent (Sprinks & Ford 2010, p. 11).

More about Harvard style

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Reference list: at the end of your assignment with all the details and must be in ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

For example: Author’s names, year of publication, journal title or book title, title of the article or chapter, etc.

Reference List

Barnard, AJ 2011, Social anthropology and human origins, Cambridge University Press, New York.

Shrivastava, P 1995, ‘Purity and power: anthropology from colonialism to the global hierarchy of value’, Reviews in Anthropology, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 288–312.

More about Harvard style

Thank you

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Where to go for help:

• In person: Library Help Desk at your campus library

• Phone Ask La Trobe: 1300 La Trobe (1300 52 87623)

• FAQs: latrobe.libanswers.com/ AND LibGuides: latrobe.libguides.com/

• Online Chat: latrobe.edu.au/chat/ 11:00 – 14:00 during semester

• Search help: latrobe.edu.au/library/assignment-thesis-support/search-tools/search

• Video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vbVc80ZY0

• Anthropology Library Guide: http://latrobe.libguides.com/anthropology

• Your on-line library: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/library

Caroline OndracekCoordinator Learning & Teaching-

LibraryASSC – Anthropology

[email protected] 5435