Sociology 191: Senior Capstone (Whitt)

After today's session, students will be able to: 

• Identify concepts in a research question and identify related resources from the library to investigate them
• Use Subject Terms to strategically tap into academic conversations in published sources like articles and books
• Consider what types of evidence you'll need for your capstone and where to locate it
• Distinguish between types of sources to evaluate how to use them in your work

There will be skills and topics we do not cover today. There is a lot more information in this course guide, for example, information about ASA style, that you can review at any time. You can also book a research consultation with a librarian at any time: 

• Introduction
  • Librarian & Library Website
  • Student Learning Objectives
• Quick Review of Basic Search Skills & Discussion of Sociological Abstracts Tutorial
• ACTIVITY - Defining Student Success
  • Librarian DEMO: Subject Terms
  • Definitions -- Dictionaries are "Reference" or Background Sources. How to locate Reference sources; Scholarly Sources; Popular and Trade Sources (See Step 1: Your Research Question - Types of Sources)
• ACTIVITY - Use and Evaluate a Database and Share Findings with the Class (Submit one Form per Group/"Room").
  • Each Group/"Room" should have one scribe (one person who fills out the form) and each student should search in the assigned database and contribute responses by sharing them with the scribe.
  • Each Group/"Room" below can find their database on the subpage "Databases" in the Step 3 section of this guide.
    • Room 1 - ERIC (Either ProQuest or EBSCO is fine)
    • Room 2 - Business Source Complete
    • Room 3 - Library, Information Science, & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
    • Room 4 - Google Scholar
• Discussion & Wrap-Up