Research Strategies for Annotated Bibliographies

Kyle Feenstra
Education Librarian
University of Manitoba

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To open this presentation...

Part 1.

  • Overview of Resources
  • Identifying Academic Resources
  • Research Strategies

Part 2.

  • Citation Management with Zotero
  • Get a start on your assignment. (If time permits)

1.0 - Before we start...

Open the UM Libraries Website and see if you can find:

  • Advanced Search
  • Subject Guides
  • Databases A-Z

Open the Education Subject Guide and find:

  • Research Sources & Guides
  • Writing & APA Guides
  • Librarian Contact Info

Create a Zotero account and install Zotero for Firefox.
(Link Resolver: http://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/openurl/01UMB_INST/umb_services_page?)

Please use Mozilla Firefox for today's class.

1.1 - Overview of Resources

Reference Materials

Books (Monographs)


Journal Articles

 

Education Collections

Statistics, Government & NGO Publications

 

Archival Documents

1.2 - Scholarly / Peer Reviewed Resources

What are scholarly journals?

What are peer reviewed journals?

1.2 - Scholarly / Peer Reviewed Resources

What are scholarly journals?

  1. The journal publishes current research in a particular academic field.
  2. Articles are written for an academic audience in a scholarly community.

Identifying scholarly articles

  1. The article presents original research or analysis that is new to the field.
  2. Resources used to write the article are adequately cited with a bibliography and/or footnotes. 
  3. The author has academic credentials.

1.2 - Scholarly / Peer Reviewed Resources

What do we mean by "peer review"?

  1. Articles submitted to the journal are reviewed by independent scholars prior publication to ensure they meet the standards for research in that field. 

Identifying Peer Reviewed Journals

  1. The catalogue or database where it is found identifies the journal as a peer reviewed source. (Example)
  2. The journal editors identify the publication as
    peer reviewed. 
  3. Peer review claims are confirmed by Ulrich's Web

1.3 - Research Strategies

Research Preparation

Consultation of reference materials and synthesis of prior knowledge.

Bibliographic Searching

Information you can gather from searching catalogues and database records.

Material Level Research

Information is collected from abstracts, summaries, references, indices, glossaries, etc.

Study & Analysis

Selected information obtained from close reading and analysis of the text.

1.3 - Research Strategies

Research Preparation

Consultation of reference materials and synthesis of prior knowledge.

  • Review and organize your prior knowledge of the topic (i.e. concept mapping exercise).
  • Consult various reference collections and online sources of information.
  • Establish a working vocabulary of searchable keywords that represent the research topic at multiple levels of specificity.

Activity 1

1.3 - Research Strategies

Bibliographic Searching

Information you can gather from searching catalogues and database records.

  • Search for preferred (controlled) vocabulary using the Library of Congress Subject Heading search and the ERIC thesaurus
  • Use combinations of preferred terms and keywords to effectively search for materials in the library catalogue and academic databases.
  • Find how a book or article fits into a research timeline. 

Activities 2 - 3

1.3 - Research Strategies

Searching Recommendations

  • Use subject terms (in the library catalogue) or thesaurus terms (in databases) whenever possible. 
  • Combine subject terms with keywords. 
  • Combine broad terms with narrower terms.
  • Use quotation marks for word phrases. 

1.3 - Research Timeline

Article

Bibliography

Cited by...

Search the article's bibliography to find
earlier works. 

Search "cited by" lists
to find later works. 

Murphy, D. (1996). Implications of Inclusion for General and Special          Education. The Elementary School Journal, 96(5), 469-493.

2.1 - Citation Management with Zotero

What you can do with Zotero

  • Import book and article citations directly into your library
  • Attach article pdfs to your Zotero library
  • Create bibliographies for your academic papers
  • Create shared libraries with your colleagues
  • Use the MS Word integration 
  • Feel good about yourself because it is fully open source software and free to use

If you are not convinced here are some other options.

2.1 - APA Citation Guides

Kyle Feenstra
Education & History Librarian
Elizabeth Dafoe Library

kyle.feenstra@umanitoba.ca

Annotated Bibliographies

By Kyle Feenstra

Annotated Bibliographies

January 16, 2017.

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