Zusammenfassung der Ressource
RESEARCH AND STEPS
- KINDS
- Primary
- Original
thinking
(authoratitive)
- To test a working
hypothesis
- Ex: Harry Patch testimony WWI
- Secondary
- Any material
using primary
sources
(persuasive)
- To solve
research
problems
- based on
- Analysis
- Interpretation
- Ex: A book about
Harry Patch and
his testimony
- Tertiary
- Sythensis of
Primary and
secondary
sources without
any new
information
- To have a general
idea of a topic
- Ex: Encyclopedia
referencing the book
written about him
- Scholarly
- Written by
researches
- Specific audience
- Black and white
- With citation
- Popular
- Written by a
non-specialist
- General
audience
- Include pictures
- Without citation
- Libraries. What to do?
- 1st
- Talk to librarians
- Talk to experts
- To acquire some
suggestions
- To know how to use
catalogues
- Consult general
reference works
- Consult specialized
reference work
- To find reference
work
- In encyclopedias
or dictionaries
- 2nd
- Search your library
catalogue using...
- Keyword searches
- Browsing
- Consult online databases
- Search for
- Titles
- Key words
- Prowl the stacks
- To get
valuable
sources
- On the internet
- Be careful
when you are
searching
- There are more
books than in
other place
- Sometimes there
are no authors
they become
unreliable
- Evaluating
Relevance
- book
- Skim: Index, First
and last paragraph,
prologues and
chapters
- article
- Read the abstract,
skim the
introduction,
conclusion and
headings
- Features: Reputable
presses, current, has
bibliography, well
reviewed, cited
- online
- Skim the
summary,
sections and
bibliography