This reflection assignment is connected with my annotated bibliography.
For your Reflection Discussion Forum, please include:
your research topic
your diagram of the research process (completed Week 7)
your creative element
any citations you need for your creative element
You do not need to directly and separately list out and answer your guiding questions or reflection answer if you feel they are clearly addressed in your creative element or illustration. If you would like to answer the questions directly you may do so.
Reflection question: What is the most important thing you’re taking away from this course, and what do you plan to use in your future research courses?
Guiding questions
If your topic was too broad (needed focus) or too narrow (needed to expand), what steps did you take to refine it?
What strategies did you use to find additional keywords on your topic? Which keywords worked best for your research topic? And, what terms did you have to change to find the most relevant results?
What role did books and long-form materials play in your research?
Why did you choose the final list of sources you included in your bibliography?
How did you evaluate the credibility of your sources? What did you find most difficult with evaluating these sources?
What gap(s) do you have in your collection of literature, what points of view have you not represented in your list of sources?
What was the easiest part of the research process? What was the hardest? Describe any problems you encountered.
What was the most useful thing you learned about conducting research? How would you explain this to a peer?
Category: Library
The details for this annotated bibliography of what is required is in files (LBRY 170 Final Project Fall 2023).
Please follow the rubric below and what is asked in the file as this professor is very rigorous when grading. All the assignments done on the subject for this assignment have been added to files. Please use what is in the files below, if you need to expand your research to complete this assignment you are more than welcome too.
Annotation (7 pts possible) 5-8 sentences including a summary, assessment, and reflection about the content and utility of the source you’ve included
Correctly identified the source type and where it came from (1 pt) – Example “In this article from [Name of Database]” or “This book chapter from the AHC Library…”
Summary (2 pt)
Assessment (2 pts)
Reflection & utility (2 pts)
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Mix of Sources (10 pts possible) 1 point each for finding: From the AHC Library: 1 book chapter, 3 peer-reviewed scholarly articles, 1 magazine or newspaper article, 1 additional source of your choice; From anywhere: 4 additional sources of your choice
Research Question clearly stated (3 pts possible)
Formatting (2 pts possible) Double-spaced, correctly alphabetized, includes your name, etc.
Research journey expression (5 pts possible) Over the course of your annotations do you incorporate some of the guiding questions? Do you bring together your sources to address a coherent research need? (5pts) Or are all of your answers to the utility question “and this source helps me to understand my question” with relatively little inquiry? (1 pt)
For this week’s assignment, find 2 websites that are relevant to my topic. Create the correct APA citation for each website and include your annotation under your correctly formatted citation.
Remember a citation includes a brief summary of the site/video/social media post (1-2 sentences), an assessment of the source and why it’s useful to your understanding of your research topic (2-3 sentences), and reflection about the contents and utility of the source you’ve included – including its strengths, weaknesses, etc. (2-3 sentences).
I will upload the work that has been done so far for this topic in case you need it. If you have any questions go ahead and message me.
A. Internet Ownership?
10.3:
The internet is not really owned by anyone, and yet, it is owned by everyone! What do you think that means? If the internet is not really owned by anyone, does that mean everyone has the same access to information across the world? Why or why not? Do you think there are other issues to consider when thinking about internet management and use? What issues would those be?
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B. Open Access and Creative Commons
10.9: Critical Thinking Open access as a concept sounds great! These are resources you can access freely online. The internet was created to support sharing information freely. But just because you can access a resource freely doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want with that resource, right? There is copyright to consider. What can’t you do with a resource that you can access freely? It may help to think about YouTube videos. You can access those freely. Can you download them freely? Can you edit them? Should you be able to?
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In your initial post, choose prompt A or prompt B. Clearly state which one you are responding to, then please share your ideas. I’d like it if you bring in support from resources you found online.
Compare two databases. You’ll be using OneSearch and Academic Search Complete, so for the discussion this week I’d like you to take a look at two different databases and compare them. Please choose two databases from the databases list: https://www.hancockcollege.edu/library/other-online-sources.phpLinks to an external site.
You may choose any database you like as long as it’s not OneSearch or Academic Search Complete. You may want to choose one general database and one database based on your major or a specialty database.
— My Major is Administration of Justice if you would like to use this for your information
In your initial post:
For each database you chose
1) Which database did you choose (name and the brief description from the library website)
2) Why did you choose it? (what made it interesting?)
3) Do a quick search for a topic of your choice (your research topic is allowed)
4) Describe your search results – what do you see, is it a mix of source types, is there anything interesting?
When replying to your peers:
1) Have you used either of these databases before? Do your classmates’ experiences align with your own?
Link to OneSearch below
Library (hancockcollege.edu)
If you require anything else please go ahead and message me.
As part of your final assignment, you’re going to be asked to prepare some creative elements:
An illustration or diagram of the research process
3-5 minute creative element
a playlist of songs with notes about your research journey
an embedded PowerPoint Presentation
Poster or infographic
create a short video
1. What are you thinking of doing?
2. What help do you need, if any?
3. If you have a draft or idea that you want to share to get some feedback on.
Everything I have so far on the topic I decided to write about will be in files.
Books are a great way to get in-depth coverage of a subject, a history of your topic, an overview of a particularly big topic, background information, and more. You don’t have to use the entire book, nor read it cover to cover for your annotated bibliography project. In fact, you’ve been asked to specifically find a book chapter. The Link for the class one search will be posted below and the book for this class will also be linked below if needed. I will also add files of the work that has been completed for this class on the subject that is being writen about.
For this week’s assignment:
use OneSearch (search box on the library’s website) to find two (2) books or book chapters
describe your search (your keywords, filters, and if you used any particular strategy in choosing your final two titles)
create an annotated bibliography entry for each of them
NOTE: If you are having trouble finding a book on your research topic, please let me know
https://www.hancockcollege.edu/library/index.php < OneSearch Link
https://pressbooks.pub/introtocollegeresearch/part/introduction/ < Class Book
Researchers and Student-researchers often start with tertiary sources when considering research because they help direct them to more in-depth material, help you develop vocabulary and terms specific to the research to be examined, and generally help to contribute to background information. Most of the time, the tertiary sources you read do not make their way into your research paper’s list of references or bibliography because much of the information is general. However, if you do end up referencing/citing specific pieces of information you must include it in yoru references list. So we’re going to practice.
I. Wikipedia
Look up a Wikipedia article related to your research question cite it using the format below and include a brief annotation including a summary (2-3 sentances), what it helped you understand about your research question (2-3 sentances) and is the information in this article something that would be considered common knowledge or something you feel you should cite if you used in in a paper (2-3 sentances).
How to cite – Wikipedia entry references (apa.org)
Name of article. (Year, Month Date of last update). In Wikipedia. entire URL
II. Encyclopedias from the AHC Library (Note, if you’re working off campus you’ll be prompted to log in with your AHC username and password)
Credo ReferenceLinks to an external site.
Funk & Wagnall’s New World EncyclopediaLinks to an external site.
Gale eBooksLinks to an external site.
Choose one of the encyclopedia’s from the library’s databases – look up an article in the encylopedia related to your research question cite it using the format below and include a brief annotation including a summary (2-3 sentances), what it helped you understand about your research question (2-3 sentances) and is the information in this article something that would be considered common knowledge or something you feel you should cite if you used in in a paper (2-3 sentances).
How to cite an Encyclopedia article:
Name of article. (Year, Month Date of last update). In Name of the Encyclopedia. permalink or page numbers.
Read through 7.1: Resesarch Questions
7.1: Research Questions – Humanities LibreTexts . and apply the questions to your own research topic.
What you know about your topic: (3-4 bullet points)
What you don’t know about your topic: (3-4 bullet points)
Write 2-3 good research questions based on the “what you don’t know” bullets.
Test your topic by:
Describe it as if you’re starting your paper
Compare it to similar research you’ve seen or want to explore
Analyze it – why is it important or troublesome
Apply it -what could you do with the results
Argue for or against your topic
Try applying the too broad/too narrow/just write test to your questions.
Remember – research topics should not have yes/no answers, give you enough space to offer analysis, have enough space where you can gather 10 (or more) resources for your assignment.
Below are the files for the topic chosen for this assignment. That is the information I have so far on the topic. The link for book required for this class will be posted below incase it is needed.
Introduction to College Research (pressbooks.pub)
In this week’s assignment, you’ve been asked to create a research question from your general research topic.
In your initial response:
Briefly restate your topic (2-3 sentences)
Share your research question (1-2 sentences)
What were your steps to transform your topic to your research question (3-4 sentences)*
Below will be files of the general topic I chose to talk about and what has been said about the topic. The link for the book will be below as well if needed.
Introduction to College Research (pressbooks.pub)