Framing the Context- Art, Culture & Social Justics
- 1. Framing the Context: Using Subject Specific Databases to Explore Your Topic Nicole Branch Santa Clara University Library Image courtesy of flickr user Jeff Babbitt
- 2. Objectives • Practice a model to help develop assignment topics • Become familiar with subject-specific library resources • Become familiar with sources for images • Develop a strategy for searching for sources for your assignment Image courtesy of flickr user Kirsten Pauli
- 3. Developing Your Topic Topic -- Question -- Significance Image courtesy of flickr user D. Robert Wolcheck
- 4. Choosing Your Topic • An interesting subject that came up in class • Something you are passionate about • A topic you would like to learn more about Image courtesy of flickr user Evelyn Flint
- 5. Warm up • Write down your topic as it currently exists • If you don’t have a topic yet, write down any topic you are interested in
- 6. Developing Your Topic Topic -- Question -- Significance
- 8. Focus your topic • If you can state your topic in 2-3 words, it is too broad. • Narrow your topic by adding a context: History Different communities Discipline Audience
- 9. Examples • History » Perceptions of women in politics over time • Different Communities » Women in politics in the U.S. vs. Turkey • Discipline » Political Science; Women’s studies • Audience » Popular; Experts; Critics
- 10. Topic Women & Politics • Depictions of women in politics over time
- 11. Discussion • Using the form, now focus your topic • Integrate a context to develop your topic. • History • Different communities • Discipline • Audience
- 12. Developing Your Topic Topic -- Question -- Significance
- 13. Question • Add a question such as how, why, or in what ways to your topic. • In what ways have depictions of women in United States politics changed over the past 20 years?
- 14. Common Mistakes • Avoid questions with one word answers or that cannot be answered within limits of the assignment. • Avoid questions that are too vague or cannot be answered with research. • Avoid speculation without evidence.
- 15. Question • In what ways have depictions of women in United States politics changed over the past 20 years?
- 16. Writing Reflection • Transform your topic into a question. • Incorporate How Why In what ways
- 17. Developing Your Topic Topic -- Question -- Significance
- 18. Significance • So what? • I am researching…. because I want to explore...
- 19. Women & Politics I am studying Depictions of women in U.S. politics over the past 20 years Because I want to explore » the ways in which rhetoric about gender related to politics has changed over time
- 20. Keep it Open I am studying Depictions of women in U.S. politics over the past 20 years Because I want to explore » the ways in which rhetoric about gender related to politics has changed over time
- 21. Reflection & Discussion Apply significance to your question & share with your neighbor • I am studying ___________ because I want to find out ___________ in order to help my reader understand ______________.
- 22. Questions?
- 23. Identifying Keywords I am studying Depictions of women in U.S. politics over the past 20 years Because I want to explore » the ways in which rhetoric about gender related to politics has changed over time
- 24. Identifying Keywords I am studying Depictions of women in U.S. politics over the past 20 years Because I want to explore » the ways in which rhetoric about gender related to politics has changed over time
- 25. Identifying Keywords Joshua Vossler, Selecting and Using Keywords
- 26. Finding the Context • Research Guides • Background Information • Article Databases • Finding & using images
- 27. Getting Started • Using the keywords you identify from your research question, find one background article on your topic. • Revisit your keyword list and add any new terms you identified by reading more about your topic
- 28. Database Search • Selecting a database: – Who would be writing, thinking, talking about this topic? • Search & advanced search
- 29. Creative Commons A Shared Culture: http://creativecommons.org/videos/a-shared-culture
- 30. Creative Commons License • Attribution Image courtesy of….. • Non-Commercial • Non-Derivative • Share & Share Alike
- 31. Finding Articles and Images • Return to the course guide • Practice finding articles • Practice finding images
- 32. Questions? Any last questions about • Topic Development • Database searching • Search strategy
- 33. Nicole Branch Instruction Librarian nbranch@scu.edu 408.554.5436 Thank you to flickr users: Jeff Babbitt Evelyn Flint Kirsten Pauli & D. Robert Wolcheck for sharing their work through creative commons license.
Editor's Notes
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