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ASD101 – Part 2
Now the fun
begins!
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Think outside the PowerPoint box
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Why?
Learning Objectives:1. Demonstrate their ability to carry out
research independently and to use that
information in their academic work
successfully.
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2. 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
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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...
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• 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).
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Finding good
information
sources
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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
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….also….?
• Centre for Crime and Justice Studies –
Institutional care and poverty: evidence and
policy review
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Prison
and the
Importance of
Books
•http://www.bbc.co.uk/new
s/education-29327152
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Before we start searching....
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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?
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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
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iFind Research for your topic
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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
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ASSIA (Proquest)
• Find it in
iFind Research / Law and
criminology or the library
catalogue
• Big bibliographic database
for criminology & more
• Easier to refine searches &
narrow results down
• Thesaurus suggests terms
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Search terms: worked example
“Does biology determine crime?”
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Does biology determine crime?
biology
determine
crime
genes
genetics
nature
cause
explain
explanation
reason
criminality
deviance
lawlessness
lawbreaking
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Include alternate terms with ‘OR’
Crime
OR criminality
OR criminal acts
OR lawbreaking
OR lawlessness
MORE
results
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Link topics with ‘AND’
biology
AND determine
AND crime
LESS
results
BUT more importantly,
more specific/relevant
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More search tips!
• “corporate crime” (exact phrase in
quotes)
• Wales NOT Australia (exclude a term)
• crimin* (truncation symbol includes :
criminal, criminality, criminology etc.)
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Searching for journal articles
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To look for a specific journal: use iFind Discover
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To look for a specific article: use iFind Research
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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
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Not
everything
will be
available
Full Text!
Access via
Library
Subscription
Everything
published
on your
topic
Free!
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ASC111 – Criminology Blogs
• You have been asked to find
quality, academic criminology
blogs
• Where do you start?
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It’s not a dirty word!
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CRAP
• Current
• Reliable
• Academic/Authority
• Purpose
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But better still is....
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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
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Getting Started
• Register at
http://www.myendnoteweb.com/EndNoteWe
b.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” plugin
for your own PC / laptop
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Word Plugin
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Try it out!
https://www.myendnotewe
b.com/EndNoteWeb.html
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5 quick tips for using the library...
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“I’m having problems finding what
I need and I don’t know where to
start”
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“I need a book from the library but
all the copies are on loan”
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“The catalogue says the book
should be on the shelf, but I can’t
find it”
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“I can never find a PC”
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“I can’t access an electronic journal
article”
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Need help? Just ask!
buslib@swansea.ac.uk
/swanuni.iss
@swanuni_iss