envision in depth chapt 5

Secondary source how to find

Sources that provide a comentary on your primary materials dictionaries guides and encyclopedias library catalogs cd rom indexes and bibliographies academic databases and indexes electronic jounrals and ebooks google scholar and google books

questions for online articles

Structure Tone Audience argument and evidence scholarly conversation

your final argument will be ...

a synthansis of of your research

cover evaluation

an initial evaluation process aimed at telling a researcher whether or not it will be a useful source Steps: Clicking author to see related works by the author - clicking publication link, telling you whether or not its pier reviewed clicking date, determining relevancy looking for helpful subject terms reading the abstract

booleon terms

and or not

recording searches in your research log

data each entry track keywords and search terms keep a running list of all your sources write down complete identifying information double check transcribed quotations for accuracy include print outs annotate the entry

Task of research

gathering and evaluating sources

expanding search terms

identify synonyms identify related concepts identify specific examples identify stakeholders

one helpful way of Visualizing research

metaphor of the iceburg

are any sources inherintly primary or secondary

no

search terms

noun / short phrase ti use when looking for sources on your topic includes understanding scholarly databases and how to get the most out of the database for your topic

primary source examples too

original texts you analyze in your research original docs rare books and manuscripts portfolios and photographs government documents other one of a kind texts

quotation marks are for

searching for that string of words in that order

3 steps of shaping an argument (questions)

what is being talked about (the topic) how is it being discussed (the conversation) what the different positions are (research context)

questions for evaluating your sources

who is the author? publication info, is it reputable? publication date, is it recent? - Purpose, occasion and exigency, whats the occasion for the source audience, who is it intended for? argument, what is its argument, is it clear? evidence, does it provide evidence? tone, is it comic or serious?