Estudio Library Page and it's resources:
J-stor (articles)
InfoTrac
Sconul Access (For passes to other university libraries
Notes for Dissertation research:
Focus your topic- know what you're going to research, know your title.
e.g.
The role of costume within the film 'A Taste of Honey'- a good concise title
Did western society ever need cars; are they a necessity and how have they contributed to the formation of the urban environment?- an overly waffly and difficult to pin the research based title (the and has given him a very difficult topic to research and has given him the equivalent work of two essays.)
Create a diagram based on question helping you narrow down research, visualise the essay and give you a jumping off point for books on topics (see diagram on lecture slides)
Primary and Secondary Research
Primary- gathering your own original data
Secondary (scholarship)- reading up on the subject, making use if the research and findings of others for corroboration, disagreement, triangulation, theoretical underpinning etc.
Primary Research Methods
Visual practice, experiment, interest and enquiry (research and critical diaries)
Questionnaires (qualitative/quantitative)- do a pilot questionnaire first
Interviews
Case Study
Site Visits
Secondary Research Methods/Literature Search 1
Books
Journals
Websites/Blogs/On-line Forums
Videos/DVDs
CDs/Tape Cassettes/Vinyl Recordings
TV/Radio
Newspapers/Maps/Reports
Printed Ephemera
With academic books look at the introduction/abstract for chapter/book summary in order to shorten amount of reading and to go directly to what you need. To find more sources use the books bibliography to inform further reading.
Searching for books
www.bl.co.uk- The British Library
Journal Search
InfoTrac- store of online magazine articles
infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/leedscad
J-Stor- store of magazine articles, can only be used in college
www.j-stor.org
E books- Required login and password from the library
www.athens.ac.uk
Google Scholar- For articles
scholar.google.co.uk
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