WEEK 5 WORKSHOP WEEK

What to do

when you’re not in conference

with a Writing Fellow or Ms. Walters

PROPOSAL POSTED? TIME PLANNED?

Make sure you have …

posted your Research Proposal in

BlackBoard.

recorded all deadlines in your own planner

blocked out time for finding research, reading

your research, exploratory writing, revising

your writing, researching more, rewriting, and

editing.

It can be helpful to observe your patterns – do you

prefer to write in large blocks of time? Can you

read in short bits of time between classes? What

times of day are most useful for you to work?

LIBRARY ADVENTURE

Due in Week 6

Videos: At the AOK Library Page, under the

Resources/Tutorials button and under the

BlackBoard Library Awesomeness

section, you can find videos to watch &

rewatch.

LIBRARY ADVENTURE (1-3)

Goals of Paper – what is your research

question? What is the goal of your paper?

What are the goals of your TEAMMATE’S

papers?

Suggest keywords for each other.

Suggest subject guides to use.

Remember, it can often be helpful to use several

for slightly different approaches.

LIBRARY ADVENTURE (4)

Note the databases that seem most useful

for your topic, as listed in the subject guides.

(If your chosen database is not published by

EBSCO (the one we watched in class) , watching the

tutorials for that particular publisher can be

helpful and discovering advanced features of

your databases.)

LIBRARY ADVENTURE (5-6, 12)

If you or any of your teammates have:

physically explored the library (browsing the

area of the stacks with resources relevant to your

topic),

or logged in from off campus using research port,

used any “ask-a-librarian” features,

Please discuss and share those experiences.

LIBRARY ADVENTURE (7)

Compare and contrast the type of information you find when you look for articles… from a general database (such as Academic Search

Premiere, allowing general magazines/newspapers in the search.)

the same database, but limited to scholarly journal articles

databases for specifically focused on your area (such as PsyInfo, ERIC, MedLine, MLA, CWI, etc. –find them through your subject guide!)

from the “front page” of the library site, using the “AOK One search” under the articles tab.

LIBRARY ADVENTURE (8-9)

When using your specialized database, what was the most useful change in your search terms? (using “AND” “OR” or “NOT”? Using a phrase in quote marks? )

When using your specialized database, what was the most useful “checkbox/dropdown limiter” for your search? (Year? a subcategory? age? Gender? type of study? Feel free to specify something else.)

LIBRARY ADVENTURE (10)

) Find 2-3 scholarly articles (from journals or

specialized encyclopedias) that sound

exactly like what you’re looking for. Did they

live up to expectations? (and what were

those expectations?) If not, might they still be

useful for the paper as a point of departure,

as something to disagree with? (Be sure to

get full Bibliographic information for them.)

LIBRARY ADVENTURE (10 – FOR TEAMMATES)

Find 1 scholarly articles (from academic journals) that sound exactly like what you think each teammate is looking for.

Take turns for each topic, and everyone share what they found.

If the target-teammate likes what you’re finding, share your search strategy.

If your finding was off the mark, discuss why, so everyone can get a clearer understanding of each topic.

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Note that it’s due end of day, Friday, October

2

6 sources are required for the AnnoBib (but

only 4 in the final paper)

This is because you’re allowed to “reject” some

sources after your careful analysis

You may also add sources later without going

through the AnnoBib process

Read the assignment sheet carefully!

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRPAHY - HINTS

Summary:

If you were trying to find this source in a stack of

20, how would you describe it?

Think of what makes this source DIFFERENT

from the others.

Think of the journalist questions: Who*, What,

When, Where, Why, How.

MORE ON “WHO”

Note WHO is being studied. (Often studies are

done at universities on male athletes because they

are easily “standardized”- in other sections you may

evaluate how applicable the study is to other

populations)

Also note WHO is doing the studies – this is what

leads to the context analysis section.

ANNOBIB CONTEXT

When was this written/published? How does

that affect this article? (technology available?

Societal views? Should you be using more

recent material?

Who is the author? What affiliations do they

have?

Where was this published? What is the focus

of this journal or source?

What kind of study is this?

ANNOBIB ASSESS

Is this source useful for your purposes?

Think of the “trigger” and “goal” – why does it

seem the author wrote this, and what is his

or her goal for those reading it?

Do the conclusions match YOUR

interpretation of the data? (You don’t need to

be an expert, but does it feel “flaky” to you?)

ANNOBIB REFLECT

What are your plans for the source?

How has it changed how you think about the

topic?

What does this source now make it clear you

need to know next?

ANNOBIB FINAL PARAGRAPH

After you’ve found and annotated your

sources, don’t forget to review them in

context of each other.

Which was most helpful? Why?

What did you learn that was surprising?

What is your current working-thesis statement?