Identify a topic you are interested in studying (and a research question about this topic). Then, using the techniques discussed in your week’s resources, use one of the databases to find 10 journal articles and/or book chapters that provide background on this topic. Discuss your process for searching for these resources. Which tools did you use and what was the process like for you? How did you decide on these 10? What was your criteria for determining whether they would work for a literature review on your topic. Don’t just pick the first ten you find. Provide a list of all ten (these will not count as part of your word count total for your DB post) at the end of your post (please number them). When reviewing others’ posts, provide feedback to one another about their process and their sources (Do the sources meet the stated criteria? Are they too dated?…..)
Read/Watch/Listen:
-Blackstone – Chapter 4 (skip section 4.3)
-RM in Psychology textbook – Chapter 2 (sections 2.8 and 2.9 only)
(*Note that there are a couple of overlapping concepts in these two chapters, however, each textbooks approaches them from different angle and they offer varying examples. Taken together, they provide a good overview of how to begin a research project.)
-How to Read an Academic Paper video (below) (3:13)
-How to Develop a Good Research Topic video (below) (4:33)
-Peer Review in Three Minutes – NC State Library (3:00)
-Review the Library (and Other Resources) section below
-Review Shoreline Community College Library’s, “Search -Keywords Tutorial” video (below) (2:24)
-Review Canada’s Brock University’s “Search Library Databases Like a Pro!” video (below) (9:19)
-Review Assignment #2 information (below) – due during Week 6
