Librarian
Coates Library
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The Assignment
Hello Class!
Your assignment requires you to locate sources for an annotated bibliography. This bibliography will become the basis for your in-class presentation. Before presenting, you are required to meet with your librarian for a few points towards your grade, but don't worry! Consider this an opportunity to refine your sources and your research skills.
To make an appointment, click the little flag in the profile box to the left. If there are no times available that work with your schedule, send an email! We'll work it out.
A few suggestions before you start...
When searching for books use fewer, broad terms to find the full range of book and book chapters that may be relevant to your topic. The descriptions of most books in the library catalog will include chapter titles, which may help you as you prepare to find sources in the library.
When searching for articles you should also start with a broad search (the name of the fairy tale for example, and author too in some cases) and then narrow if needed. Including too many search terms at the start may limit your options and then you could miss valuable sources.
Using the library's big One Search feature at our homepage can cast the net wide across a lot of different types of sources, but I do encourage you to search within specific databases as a method of limiting your search results to the most appropriate options for this assignment.
Evaluating Your Research Process
During the required appointment with your librarian, we will talk about the following:
--Have you met the requirements of the assignment?
--Have you looked at a variety of databases and options as you selected your sources?
--Do your sources offer substantive support for your topic and approach?
Note that one of the reasons for the assignment's requirements and this meeting is to be certain that researchers avoid the trap of going to one database and grabbing the first relevant sources on the list without exploring the literature on their topic. Your goal should be to look at the bigger picture of the research and writing on your topic and then narrowing to the best options.