CRIM 220Library Research Tips

Images of crime in the media To do: develop and apply coding scheme to data

source Content analysis on topic of your choice

To do: develop research question, sampling method, coding

Ethnographic study on population of your choice To do: identify group and context, choose process

for data gathering and analyzing

Your task

And Maybe…

A literature review… Summarizes related studies and tries to makes

sense of the pattern of findings. It draws conclusions about what is known, what is not, and what should be.

(adapted from SFU Library website)

Literature review

From Denton’s Literature Review (20 pgs)

 In 1904, the first modern response to the new slave trade, the International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, was created (Friman & Reich, 2007). … … the current, relatively accepted definition of trafficking describes a wide range of activities (Bruckert & Parent, 2002; O’Connell, Davidson & Donelan in Laczko & Gramegna, 2003). The trafficking of humans is not one single activity…. While Andrees (2005) considers the use of media and secondary sources a cause for concern, others (e.g., Dottridge, 2002), see the use of media as a means to gain access to a field of study that is notoriously difficult to infiltrate…. Rather than separating the forced prostitution and sexual exploitation literature from human trafficking, much of the literature muddles the two together….

Example literature reviewDenton, Erin (2009). International News Coverage of Human Trafficking Arrests and Prosecutions: a Content Analysis (Master’s Thesis). Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. Retrieved from http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/record=b5632368~S1a

History

Definitions

Issues

Gaps

Scholarly articles: Criminal Justice Abstracts, PsycInfo, Sociological Abstracts

Books: Library Catalogue Newspaper Articles: Canadian NewsStand,

Canadian NewsStand Pacific, Factiva, Press Display (includes pictures), Harper’s Magazine, Business Source Complete, CBCA…

Where to find literature

But don’t forget….

Encyclopedias and handbooks: Gale Virtual Reference Library, Oxford Reference Online, SAGE Reference

Background information

What can we find out about football hooliganism?

Background on methodology

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What’s the difference between…. Library Search Fast Search Catalogue

Question!

What’s the difference between a scholarly and a popular article? Why does it matter?

Question!

Is this plagiarism?

Question!

Direct quotation: “When a significant violation of public trust has

occurred, lying is a common corollary because the wrongdoing invites concealment” (Fleming & Zyglidopoulos, 2008, p. 838).

Student A’s paper:If a serious violation of public trust occurs, lying is

often the result because this action invites concealment (Fleming & Zyglidopoulos, 2008).

Is this plagiarism?

Question!

Direct quotation: “When a significant violation of public trust has occurred,

lying is a common corollary because the wrongdoing invites concealment” (Fleming & Zyglidopoulos, 2008, p. 838).

Student B’s paper:Organizations often feel compelled to lie about their

actions when they are discovered to have taken advantage of the public (Fleming & Zyglidopoulos, 2008).

How can you get help from the library with your research? (6 ways)

Question!

Andrea Cameron Liaison Librarian for Criminology amcamero@sfu.ca

Thank you!