IB – Extended Essay

1. IB – Extended Essay Library Workshop 3 Sources ASM Library - October 28, 2009

2. Most Common Sources • Encyclopedias (background) • Books • Scholarly Journals • Internet sites • People (interviews) • Images, videos and sound recordings • Statistics ASM Library - October 28, 2009

3. Using sources to support your ideas • You can use a combination of primary and secondary sources to answer your research question. • Different questions require different type of sources. Examples: Topic: a certain personality disorder • read an account written by a person with that personality disorder (primary source) • a case study by a psychiatrist (primary source) • a textbook that summarizes a number of case studies (secondary source) Topic: the sea as a symbol in Hemingway’s “The Old Man and the Sea” • the book (primary source) • Critics’ interpretations of the story (secondary sources) ASM Library - October 28, 2009

4. Primary Sources • Original, first-hand account of event or time period • Diaries, journals, letters (Diary of Anne Frank) • Government records (U.S Census Statistics) • Newspapers and magazine articles written soon after the event • Photographs, maps, postcards, posters, paintings, sculptures • Speeches, recorded or transcribed (President Barack Obama’s Inauguration speech) • Interviews, participants or witnesses • Songs, plays, novels, stories • Published results of research studies, scientific experiments or clinical trials (Clinical trial to treat ADD by modifying diet) • Proceedings of conferences and meetings ASM Library - October 28, 2009

5. Secondary Sources • Commentary, analysis or interpretation of primary sources. • Biographies • Literary criticism (analysis of creative works) • Historical interpretations of diaries and letters • Book, Art and Theater Reviews (Book on how to treat ADD without drugs) • Newspaper articles that interpret (Journal article that interprets President Obama’s Inauguration speech) • Review of the results of experiments, research and trials. • Interpretation of statistics (Book about suburban population changes in U.S.) ASM Library - October 28, 2009

6. Books • Print: • ASM Library-> Subject searching the Catalog • WorldBook encyclopedia – Reference section • Online (eBooks) • ASM Library ->WorldBook encyclopedia -> login, see Ms. Falconer • eScholarhip, University of California Press http://www.escholarship.org/editions/ • United Nations University Full-text publications http://www.unu.edu/unupress/fulltext.html Use: • To put your topic in context of other issues • Find summary of research • Collected works on a subject ASM Library - October 28, 2009

7. Periodicals Popular articles – Magazines and Newspapers • written by journalists or professional writers • general audience • rarely give full citations for sources Use: • Inspiration on a topic • References for further research • Information or opinion on popular culture • Up-to-date information on current events ASM Library - October 28, 2009

8. Periodicals Scholarly articles – Journals • written by and for faculty, researchers or scholars (chemists, historians, doctors, artists, etc.) • scholarly or technical language • include full citations for sources  • refereed or peer reviewed (approval before acceptance for publication) Use: • Scholarly Research • Bibliographies to relevant research; Keywords, Subject headings ASM Library - October 28, 2009

9. Internet • Videos (You Tube: use ‘Advanced options’, category ‘Education’) • Photos (Museums, Academic&Public Libs, Historical Societies, Flickr) • Paintings, sculptures (Museums, Digital Libraries) • Journals (Associations, Google Scholar, databases) • Newspapers (newspapers websites, databases) • Conference proceedings • Government documents • Personal communication (email, chat, listserv, blogs) ASM Library - October 28, 2009

10. Other resources • Databases • EBSCO (journal articles; images; videos; book chapters; etc) • Open Access Journals, DOAJ: http://www.doaj.org/ • Directories (websites organized by Subject) • Librarian Internet Index (The iSchool at Drexel University) http://www.lii.org/ • Internet Public Library (IPL Consortium of Information schools) http://www.ipl.org/ • Virtual Libraries • INFOMINE (University of California) http://infomine.ucr.edu/ • National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org/ • Search Engines – use advanced option to limit results • Meta Search Engines: Clusty http://clusty.com/ ASM Library - October 28, 2009

11. Common problems with Sources • Students discover too late that there is too little data Start researching early, ask for help • The use of the work of other authors (texts, data, creative productions, oral statements) without proper acknowledgement Keep track of sources and Cite them! • Over-reliance on web-based sources Select a variety of sources, ask for help ASM Library - October 28, 2009

12. DP Guide - EE • Pg 13: # 4: “Plan the investigation… …Identify how and where they will gather material.” # 6: “Undertake some preparatory reading… …if students discover that it will not be possible to obtain the evidence needed in the time available, the research question should be changed. This should be done sooner rather than later…” ASM Library - October 28, 2009

13. A plan… • Search ASM Library catalog • Search Amazon for potential books • Search EBSCO for journal articles • Search recommended directories • Search the Internet (Clusty and Google) • Do you have a variety of sources? • Ask Ms Falconer or Ms Sullivan if you need help • Bring your bibliography to be discussed with your advisor ASM Library - October 28, 2009

14. Assessment Criteria (DP Guide)-page 26 • C: Investigation ------------------------------------ Achievement level 4 “An imaginative range of appropriate sources has been consulted, or data has been gathered, and relevant material has been carefully selected. The investigation has been well planned.” Please read your Subject specific criteria! ASM Library - October 28, 2009

15. Free Tools to explore Diigo http://www.diigo.com/ Annotate, Archive, Organize • Online bookmark: Organize by tags or lists; Access from anywhere, anytime! • Archive: Do not just bookmark! Archive pages forever! Make them searchable too! • Annotate: Do not just archive! Highlight! Add sticky notes too! Delicious http://delicious.com/ • Online bookmark: Organize by tags or lists; Access from anywhere, anytime! • Share and discover • Annotate ASM Library - October 28, 2009

16. Next meeting • November 4 • November 18 • Please bring your laptops to begin searching ASM Library - October 28, 2009