ASM Library - October 28, 2009 IB – Extended Essay Library Workshop 3 Sources.

ASM Library - October 28, 2009

IB – Extended Essay

Library Workshop 3

Sources

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Most Common Sources

Encyclopedias (background) Books Scholarly Journals Internet sites People (interviews) Images, videos and sound recordings Statistics

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Using sources to support your ideas You can use a combination of primary and secondary

sources to answer your research question.

Different questions require different type of sources.

Examples:Topic: a certain personality disorder

read an account written by a person with that personality disorder (primary source)

a case study by a psychiatrist (primary source) a textbook that summarizes a number of case studies (secondary

source)Topic: the sea as a symbol in Hemingway’s “The Old Man and

the Sea” the book (primary source) Critics’ interpretations of the story (secondary sources)

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Primary Sources Original, first-hand account of event or time period

Diaries, journals, letters (Diary of Anne Frank) Government records (U.S Census Statistics) Newspapers and magazine articles written soon after the event Photographs, maps, postcards, posters, paintings, sculptures Speeches, recorded or transcribed (President Barack Obama’s

Inauguration speech) Interviews, participants or witnesses Songs, plays, novels, stories Published results of research studies, scientific experiments or

clinical trials (Clinical trial to treat ADD by modifying diet) Proceedings of conferences and meetings

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Secondary Sources Commentary, analysis or interpretation of primary

sources.

Biographies Literary criticism (analysis of creative works) Historical interpretations of diaries and letters Book, Art and Theater Reviews (Book on how to treat ADD

without drugs) Newspaper articles that interpret (Journal article that

interprets President Obama’s Inauguration speech) Review of the results of experiments, research and trials. Interpretation of statistics (Book about suburban population

changes in U.S.)

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Books Print:

ASM Library-> Subject searching the Catalog WorldBook encyclopedia – Reference section

Online (eBooks) ASM Library ->WorldBook encyclopedia -> login, see Ms. Falconer eScholarhip, University of California Press

http://www.escholarship.org/editions/ United Nations University Full-text publications

http://www.unu.edu/unupress/fulltext.html

Use: To put your topic in context of other issues Find summary of research Collected works on a subject

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Periodicals

Popular articles – Magazines and Newspapers written by journalists or professional writers general audience rarely give full citations for sources

Use: Inspiration on a topic References for further research Information or opinion on popular culture Up-to-date information on current events

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Periodicals

Scholarly articles – Journals written by and for faculty, researchers or scholars

(chemists, historians, doctors, artists, etc.) scholarly or technical language include full citations for sources  refereed or peer reviewed (approval before acceptance for publication)

Use: Scholarly Research Bibliographies to relevant research; Keywords, Subject headings

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Internet

Videos (You Tube: use ‘Advanced options’, category ‘Education’)

Photos (Museums, Academic&Public Libs, Historical Societies, Flickr)

Paintings, sculptures (Museums, Digital Libraries) Journals (Associations, Google Scholar, databases) Newspapers (newspapers websites, databases) Conference proceedings Government documents Personal communication (email, chat, listserv, blogs)

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Other resources Databases

EBSCO (journal articles; images; videos; book chapters; etc) Open Access Journals, DOAJ: http://www.doaj.org/

Directories (websites organized by Subject) Librarian Internet Index (The iSchool at Drexel University)

http://www.lii.org/ Internet Public Library (IPL Consortium of Information schools)

http://www.ipl.org/ Virtual Libraries

INFOMINE (University of California)http://infomine.ucr.edu/

National Science Digital Libraryhttp://nsdl.org/

Search Engines – use advanced option to limit results Meta Search Engines: Clusty http://clusty.com/

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Common problems with Sources Students discover too late that there is too little data

Start researching early, ask for help The use of the work of other authors (texts, data,

creative productions, oral statements) without proper acknowledgement

Keep track of sources and Cite them! Over-reliance on web-based sources

Select a variety of sources, ask for help

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DP Guide - EE

Pg 13:

# 4: “Plan the investigation…

…Identify how and where they will gather material.”

# 6: “Undertake some preparatory reading…

…if students discover that it will not be possible to obtain the evidence needed in the time available, the research question should be changed. This should be done sooner rather than later…”

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A plan… Search ASM Library catalog Search Amazon for potential books Search EBSCO for journal articles Search recommended directories Search the Internet (Clusty and Google)

Do you have a variety of sources? Ask Ms Falconer or Ms Sullivan if you need help Bring your bibliography to be discussed with your

advisor

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Assessment Criteria (DP Guide)-page 26 C: Investigation------------------------------------

Achievement level 4“An imaginative range of appropriate sources has

been consulted, or data has been gathered, and relevant material has been carefully selected. The investigation has been well planned.”

Please read your Subject specific criteria!

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Free Tools to exploreDiigo http://www.diigo.com/Annotate, Archive, Organize Online bookmark: Organize by tags or lists; Access from

anywhere, anytime! Archive: Do not just bookmark! Archive pages forever! Make

them searchable too! Annotate: Do not just archive! Highlight! Add sticky notes too!

Delicious http://delicious.com/ Online bookmark: Organize by tags or lists; Access from

anywhere, anytime! Share and discover Annotate

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Next meeting

November 4 November 18

Please bring your laptops to begin searching