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Research Skills
For Events Studies
Session Outline:The Research Cycle: 5 stagesFinding information - Events subject guideSearching the library catalogue Finding magazine articlesSearching the WebOnline searching tipsEvaluating information from the WebReferencing your informationStudent exercises
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Research Cycle: 5 stages
1.Analyse question or topic
Research Cycle:
5 Stages
2.Identify
keywords &search terms
WriteFinal
Essay/Report
4.Evaluate your
information5.
Reference yourinformation
3.Search for
& find information
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Stage 1: Analyse question or topic
When you are given an assignment, read through it carefully. Before you start looking for information, be sure you understand what you are looking for.
Analyse the topic to determine the approach being asked for. Are you being asked to: Compare? Review? Discuss? Contrast? Summarise? Explain?
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Stage 2: Identify the keywords and search terms
“Discuss the importance of choosing a suitable site when planning an event.”
location venue
organising
arranging
function
conference
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managing
You can use a thesaurus to identify alternate keywords…
Web address: campusguides.dtwd.wa.edu.au/central-events
Stage 3: Search for and find information
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Searching the Library Catalogue -
Books & DVDs
Library Catalogue searching tips:Use your keywords (or alternate terms) to search the
Library Catalogue for factual, in-depth information from books and DVDs.
When searching the catalogue remember to limit your search to Perth campus.
Note the location details and the status of any items of interest.
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Books/DVDs tab
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Library Catalogue - Search Page
Enter your search terms and choose options from the drop-down boxes
Tip: To truncate - use ?
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Library Catalogue - Search Results
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Databases/Journals (Magazines) tab
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Find Printed Magazines in the Library… or Access Online Articles from the Guide
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Searching the Web
Web searching tips:Learn how to use Google Advanced Search
to get better results by targeting your searches.
Use smart searching techniques such as quotation marks to search for phrases, e.g. “sydney harbour bridge”.
Examine the URL to determine the reliability of the site, e.g. generally .edu or .gov sites are more reliable.
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Online Searching Tips
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Online searching tips…Boolean Operators
AND (+):limits the search as both keywords must appear in the documenthazards AND eventshazards +events
OR: expands the search as either keywords will appear in the documents
conferences OR seminars
NOT (-): limits the search as excludes one of the keywords from the documents
“outdoor events” NOT festivals “outdoor events” -festivals
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More searching tips….
Quotation marks: searches for the phrase e.g. “convention centre”
In title: searches for that term within the title of web page e.g. intitle:festivals
Site: searches for results from specific sites e.g. site:.gov
site:.au
File type: searches for a particular file type e.g. filetype:ppt
filetype:pdf
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Evaluating information
Ask yourself these questions…
√ Is the information correct?√ Is the information relevant?√ Is the information reliable? (who is the
author/sponsor?)√ Is the information up-to-date?√ Is the information free from bias? (is it trying to
persuade?)√ Is it what I need?
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Stage 4: Evaluate your Information
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Referencing information
Stage 5: Reference your Information When taking notes for an essay topic, write down allthe relevant bibliographic details of your information sources that you will need to include in your Reference List.
For a book: author - year of publication - title - edition - place of
publication - publisher
For a website:author or sponsor or organisation - year of creationor update year - title of web page - URL
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Remember!If you require further assistance:
Ask at the Library Service Desk
Email: helplibrary@central.wa.edu.au
Check out the OIL (Online Information Literacy) modules on the library website @ www.central.wa.edu.au/library
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