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Library research for Anthropology 4850
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1. Developing a research topic
2. Constructing a search string
3. Using databases
4. Using search engines
5. Citation management
Developing a research topic
A. Choose a preliminary topic.
B. Get background information2.1 Use encyclopedias for an overview
e.g.Biographical dictionary of social and cultural
anthropology [electronic resource] / edited by Vered Amit
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Finding more sources
C. Reformulate your preliminary topic
2. Constructing a search string
The research process will take you from evidence to topic and back to evidence again many times. It will be about compromise and
default as much as design and tactics at times.
The impact of transgenic plants on peasants in Latin America
Boolean re-cap
http://www.uleth.ca/lib/guides/research/display.asp?PageID=35
((transgenic plants) OR (genetically modified organisms) OR (GMOs)) AND ((peasants OR campesinos) AND (Peru OR Latin America))
Use subject searching
3. Use databases
4. Use search engines
http://www.google.ca/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861
More Google:
http://academic.research.microsoft.com/
http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl.t3.3/search/home
5. Citation management
http://www.uleth.ca/lib/guides/technology/display.asp?PageID=110
http://www.uleth.ca/lib/guides/research/display.asp?PageID=1
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http://blogs.plos.org/mfenner/files/2010/09/Reference-Manager-Overview.pdf
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