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Writing mentors’ Research workshop

Writing mentors’ Research workshop. January 13 and 14, 2009 Harold and Wilma Good Library Goshen College. Learning objectives. To understand the seven steps of the research process To review best practices for research To gain experience with APA citation style.

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Writing mentors’ Research workshop

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  1. Writing mentors’ Research workshop January 13 and 14, 2009 Harold and Wilma Good Library Goshen College

  2. Learning objectives • To understand the seven steps of the research process • To review best practices for research • To gain experience with APA citation style

  3. Step 1: Identify and develop your topic • Find a topic • State your topic idea as a question • Identify main concepts or keywords • Test your topic

  4. Step 2: Find background information • Ask a reference librarian • Use subject encyclopedias and dictionaries • Read bibliographies

  5. Step 3: Use catalogs to find books and media • Use the Good Library online catalog • Use WorldCat to search tens of thousands of libraries, then request via interlibrary loan.

  6. Step 4: Use databases to find periodical articles • Ask a reference librarian • Consult the subject guides for help figuring out which database to use. • Find articles when you don’t have a citation • Find articles when you do have a citation

  7. Step 5: Find internet resources • Librarians have identified important internet resources (see Subject Guides). • Use subject directories • Google Directory • Librarian’s Index to the Internet • Virtual Reference Shelf • Use Google Scholar to find scholarly articles and books

  8. Step 6: Evaluate what you find • Visit the Writing Mentor’s webpage for checklists and other tools for evaluating information • Initial appraisal • Author • Date of publication • Edition • Publisher • Journal title

  9. Step 6: Evaluate what you find, cont. • Content analysis • Intended audience • Objective reasoning • Coverage • Writing style • Evaluative reviews

  10. Step 7: Cite what you find • Give credit where credit is due. • Allows your readers to locate your sources and duplicate your research.

  11. Research tips • Work from the general to the specific • Record what you find and where your found it. • Translate your topic into the subject language of the indexes and catalogs you use

  12. More research tips • Use a statement that credits the source in paraphrases. • Try writing paraphrases or summaries without looking at the original. • Use quotation marks around unique words or phrases. • Maintain electronic copies of drafts in different secure locations. • Cross-check your notes and sources.

  13. APA journal article citation with doi Strahan, E.J., et al. (2008). Victoria’s dirty secret: How sociocultural norms influence adolescent girls and women. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(2), 288-301. doi:10.1037/0037/0022-3514.94.1.133

  14. APA journal article citation without doi Strahan, E.J., et al. (2008). Victoria’s dirty secret: How sociocultural norms influence adolescent girls and women. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(2), 288-301. Retrieved from http://www.ebsco.com

  15. References • The Seven Steps of the Research Process [http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill1.htm]. Permission given to adapt content for use. • Purdue Online Writing Lab: (OWL): Safe Practices [http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/03/]

  16. Please open your email provider Email me, shinnefeld@goshen.edu • 1 specific thing that you learned this afternoon. • 1 question that you still have about the research process, library resources, or APA citation style. Thank you for your attention! Suzanne Hinnefeld

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