ENGL 131 Library Workshop Presented by Magenta Loera
ENGL 131: Library Workshop Presented by Magenta Loera
LEARNING OBJECTIVES ❖ Develop research question using concept map ❖ Popular vs. scholarly sources ❖ Primary vs. secondary sources ❖ Use key terms and search techniques to find sources ❖ Get additional help through the UW Libraries 2
DEVELOPING RESEARCH QUESTION Concept Map Topic? ❖ Linguistic relativity ❖ The American Dream ❖ Traditional storytelling ❖ Social Media ❖ Reincarnation 3
DEVELOPING RESEARCH QUESTION Who? Where? ❖ Teenagers ❖ University of Washington ❖ Non-Native English Speakers ❖ Japan ❖ Educators ❖ Online ❖ Policy makers ❖ A Monastery Perspective? When? ❖ 1939 -1945 ❖ Language Education ❖ The last 15 years ❖ Social Science ❖ Since the invention of “xyz” ❖ Religious 4
DEVELOPING RESEARCH QUESTION Pull It All Together! ❖ Social Media ❖ Teenagers ❖ Online ❖ Last 15 years ❖ Social Science How has social media impacted relationship intimacy amongst teenagers in the last 15 years? 5
POPULAR VS. SCHOLARLY SOURCES Popular Sources: Purpose: For entertainment, or to deliver news or summarized information. Author(s): Professional or amateur journalists, bloggers, etc. . Audience: The general public. Contents: Current events, trends, and general interest pieces. Language: Can be understood by anyone. Layout: Typically, does not include footnotes or list of sources. 6
POPULAR VS. SCHOLARLY SOURCES Scholarly Sources: Purpose: To report the results of research or discuss ongoing research in detail. Author(s): Researchers and/or professors who specialize in the field and are often identified by the academic institution at which they work. Audience: Scholars and researchers within a specific discipline of study. Contents: Peer-reviewed research (published with editorial oversight) from the field. Language: Highly specialized and/or technical, often including jargon. Layout: Always includes citations, footnotes and/or a list of bibliographic references. 7
PRIMARY VS. SECONDARY SOURCES Secondary Sources: A document or recording that discusses information originally presented elsewhere. Examples: ❖ Encyclopedias ❖ Chronologies ❖ Biographies ❖ Dissertations ❖ Most journal articles ❖ Most published books Primary Sources: An artifact, document, recording, or other source of information that was created at the time being studied. Examples: ❖ Oral histories ❖ Newspaper articles ❖ Census data ❖ Autobiographies ❖ Maps ❖ Letters 8
USING KEY TERMS AND SEARCH TECHNIQUES Key Terms: ❖ Broader Term ❖ Narrower Term ❖ Related Term ❖ Synonym Search Techniques: ❖ Library of Congress Subject Headings ❖ Thesaurus ❖ Boolean Operators 9
CONNECTING WITH THE UW LIBRARIES ❖ Odegaard Writing & Research Center ❖ Ask Us! Online Chat Service (OWRC) ❖ Suzzallo Research Help Desks 10
THANK YOU! Any questions? You can find me at: refsrs 1@uw. edu 11
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