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ASD101 – Part 2

ASD101 – Part 2. Now the fun begins!. Think outside the PowerPoint box. http://prezi.com/6zhudcyhsymt/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy. Read. Read. Read!. Why?. Learning Objectives:-

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ASD101 – Part 2

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  1. ASD101 – Part 2 Now the fun begins!

  2. Think outside the PowerPoint box http://prezi.com/6zhudcyhsymt/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

  3. Read

  4. Read

  5. Read!

  6. Why? Learning Objectives:- • Demonstrate their ability to carry out research independently and to use that information in their academic work successfully. 

  7. Demonstrate a systematic knowledge and understanding of: • How to conduct literature searches and utilise library sources • Effective techniques for active reading and note-taking • Appropriate citation of sources and referencing technique for Criminology and Social Policy • How to avoid plagiarism • Essay writing skills appropriate to the disciplines of Criminology and Social Policy, including the demonstration of higher-order thinking • How to work effectively as a member of a group

  8. Transferrable Skills • Evidence their ability to make good use of information technology • Demonstrate their skills in obtaining information from various sources of data • Demonstrate their ability to assess and evaluate sources of information...

  9. Choice & Use of source material: try to show evidence that you have done reading relevant to the assessment topic and accessed a range of sources (normally a minimum of six) that would be considered academically appropriate (e.g. books, chapters, journal articles, academic and official websites), rather than relying on lecture notes or less reliable sources such as newspapers and non-academic or non-official websites. Make at least some attempt to use primary sources (e.g. original texts/monographs, journal articles) rather than secondary sources (e.g. textbooks that describe/report arguments made by others rather than making original arguments).

  10. Finding good information sources

  11. Have you thought of using……? • CANS - Treatment of Offenders: Children and Young Persons (England and Wales) • HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate - Inspection of CPS performance in dealing with victims and witnesses in Gwent and South Wales • Office for National Statistics - Crime in England and Wales, Year ending March 2014

  12. ….also….? • Centre for Crime and Justice Studies – Institutional care and poverty: evidence and policy review

  13. Prison and the Importance of Books • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-29327152

  14. Before we start searching....

  15. How will you... • Keep track of where you searched and what you searched for? • Refine your search terms as you go? • Save the results that you find? • Store the PDFs of material that you use?

  16. iFind Research • Available through http://myuni.swan.ac.uk/ • Searches bibliographic databases for journal articles & more • Easy to see Full Text results • Not so flexible to focus your search & refine results

  17. iFind Research for your topic • Use “Law and criminology” filter • Assumes you want AND between each word • Can use quotes for an exact phrase • Use OR to include alternate terms • Login (top right) to save results to a folder

  18. ASSIA (Proquest) • Find it iniFind Research / Law and criminology or the library catalogue • Big bibliographic database for criminology & more • Easier to refine searches & narrow results down • Thesaurus suggests terms

  19. Search terms: worked example “Does biology determine crime?”

  20. Does biology determine crime? biology determine crime criminality deviance lawlessness lawbreaking cause explain explanation reason genes genetics nature

  21. Include alternate terms with ‘OR’ Crime OR criminality OR criminal acts OR lawbreaking OR lawlessness MORE results

  22. Link topics with ‘AND’ biologyAND determine AND crime LESS results BUT more importantly, more specific/relevant

  23. More search tips! • “corporate crime” (exact phrase in quotes) • Wales NOT Australia (exclude a term) • crimin* (truncation symbol includes : criminal, criminality, criminology etc.)

  24. Searching for journal articles • To look for a specific journal: use iFind Discover • To look for a specific article: use iFind Research • To look for some full text articles on your topic: use iFind Research • For a more in-depth and focused search for all articles on your topic: use a bibliographic database such as ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts

  25. Access via Library Subscription Not everything will be available Full Text! Everything published on your topic Free!

  26. ASC111 – Criminology Blogs • You have been asked to find quality, academic criminology blogs • Where do you start?

  27. It’s not a dirty word!

  28. CRAP • Current • Reliable • Academic/Authority • Purpose

  29. But better still is....

  30. Why EndNote Online? • Easy system to manage your references • Import references from the library catalogue / databases = no typing in needed! • Format a bibliography in the right style • Links up with Word as you write your assignment

  31. Getting Started • Register at http://www.myendnoteweb.com/EndNoteWeb.html (on a campus PC) • EndNote Web info: http://goo.gl/Wrb8b • EndNote Web Workbook on Blackboard Library Support area • Download the “Cite-while-you-write” pluginfor your own PC / laptop

  32. Word Plugin

  33. Try it out! https://www.myendnoteweb.com/EndNoteWeb.html Image by: Paul Jacobson on Flickr, used under Creative Commons licence

  34. 5 quick tips for using the library...

  35. “I’m having problems finding what I need and I don’t know where to start”

  36. “I need a book from the library but all the copies are on loan”

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