Part 1: Approaches to Searching for Annotated Bibliographies and Research Papers
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In this 15-minute video, Jocelyn discusses advanced approaches to literature searching:
- imaginative and open-minded thinking about language we can use for keywords
- the keyword brainstorming and gathering processes
- iteration as a critical component of the search process
Part 2: Demonstration
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In this 25-minute video, Jocelyn offers a demonstration of how a search that applies the principles described in Part 1 might look in the library's Discovery search tool.
Part 3: Using APA Style
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In this 10-minute video, Jocelyn offers some guidance on applying APA to your annotated bibliography and research paper projects.
Part 4: Read
Here are a few resources that will may help with your writing process.
Scholarly Conversation and Citing
This is a collection of resources that Jocelyn put together for a workshop last semester (including the recording itself) on citing and paraphrasing. Please feel free to make use of these materials to learn more about how to summarize and incorporate others' work in your own. This will be most useful for the Research Paper assignment.
How to Write an Annotated Bibliography
A handy resource produced by the librarians at Concordia University
Writing an Annotated Bibliography
This page contains some great advice produced by the Writing Advice centre at the University of Toronto
Part 5: Do
The following is a series of invitations to enact the concepts shared in the audio and video components above, and to connect with me for one-on-one help!
- On a piece of paper, write down your topic. Think about the different facets of the topic you may wish to explore (as in the example of heteronormativity in the audio component of this workshop) and document those, perhaps creating lines that fan out to those facets like a web or map.
- Under each facet or possible area of exploration, brainstorm keywords for your topic. Action: stop and take a photograph of your paper. Email it to Jocelyn at jocelynhallman@capilanou.ca. I will provide feedback and a couple extra keyword suggestions for you!
- Go to the library's website at http://www.library.capilanou.ca. Begin the first iteration of your search. Type one or two keywords related to your topic into the Discovery search box at the centre of the page
When the results screen opens, you will now have three search boxes to use. In the second one, type your keywords related to early childhood. This might look like:
"early childhood" OR "early years" OR daycare OR preschool
You will conduct a minimum of 10 searches over the course of your process. Be sure to look at your search results with an open mind, noting down any additional keywords you may discover as part of the process.
Action: once you have a search that has brought up results, stop and take a screenshot of the search boxes that show your keywords. Send this image to me in an email, and I will send you feedback and any ideas to improve the search! jocelynhallman@capilanou.ca. Feel free to send a few, especially if you feel like they could be tweaked to get better results.
- Continue iterating: conduct many different searches with different keywords, scan your results for possible papers to think with, identify further keywords in your search results and using the reference lists of any helpful papers, and start over again! Contact Jocelyn anytime for help if you are stuck.
- Write. As always, you can reach out to Jocelyn for help or advice anytime!
