GE80C Students GE80C Students Welcome to Welcome to College Library! College Library! Esther Grassian Esther Grassian College Library College Library Spring 2010 Spring 2010
Jun 13, 2015
GE80C StudentsGE80C StudentsWelcome to Welcome to
College Library!College Library!Esther GrassianEsther Grassian
College LibraryCollege LibrarySpring 2010Spring 2010
Handouts…
Agenda• Your Assignments• 7 Research Steps • Topic Narrowing/Broadening• Identifying, Locating &
Evaluating Articles• Annotating & Citing References• What will you differently?• Research Your Own Topics • Questions Welcome!
Road to Research
Your Assignments...
Research Paper Steps1. Pick a topic2. ID topic limiters3. Brainstorm4. ID databases5. Keyword => Subject6. Evaluate Results7. Save Citations & Locate
Topic Narrowing/Broadening
Mental Mapping• Near-death hallucinations of
people in the Hispanic community
Key Topic Words• Near-death• Hallucinations• Hispanic community
Related Words/Concepts
• Near-death => near death experience*, dying
• Hallucinations => hallucination*, consciousness
• Hispanic community => Hispanic*, Latin*, Chican*
Dignity and the dying process
Focus Your Topic!• Identify (Circle) Key Concepts• Brainstorm Related Words
Questions?
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 Databases• UCLA Library
– Frequently Used DBs– DBs by Subject– DBs A-Z
• GE80 Research Guide for Class
PsycINFO• Topics: Psychology & Related
Fields• Items: Journal articles, book
chapters, dissertations, conference proceedings
• Time: 1806-present
Try it!
Differences in perspectives of death and grief and in pre- and post-death practices of various U.S. minority cultures (primarily East/South Asian, Latin American, Native American)
Don’t Pay for Articles!!!
Abstracts & Annotations
• What’s an abstract?• What’s an annotation?
Internet Public Library• www.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!
Answer a few questions…
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What will you do differently?
http://bit.ly/DoDifferently
Research Your Own Topics…