Of One Blood, cover. MIT press
Library Research
What we will cover today:
Frameworks for research
The physical and the digital
Tripod, Journals, databases,
BACKGROUND
EXHIBIT
ARGUMENT
A rhetorical understanding of resources
METHOD
Background
Materials used to establish facts. When used as background, you take them as fact and do not question them. If you do, they will become part of your argument. Implies membership in a community based on shared references
Exhibit (Evidence)
The materials to be analyzed, examined or interpreted
Argument (Authority, Antagonist)
Sources you engage with or respond to directly by countering, extending or refining the claims made. You engage in conversation. They-Say....
Method (Model)
Sources from which you borrow an approach, key concept, idea, or method, or sources after which you model your own approach to inquiry, writing, or argument.
Physical books or:
how I stopped worrying about the digital and loved the stacks
The address:
PR6045.O72 Z474 2005
Related to Virginia Woolf and the book you want to check out
Bloomsbury Group
20th century Modernist Literature
20th century Modernist Literature
Scholarly books (published by a university press or academic publisher - cite other research)
Digital Resources for Library Research
How would you find the PDF of the following article?
Japtok, M. (2002). Pauline hopkins's of one blood, africa, and the "darwinist trap". African American Review, 36(3), 403-415.
Digital Resources for Library Research
How would you find similar?
Japtok, M. (2002). Pauline hopkins's of one blood, africa, and the "darwinist trap". African American Review, 36(3), 403-415.
Digital Resources for Library Research
What if the option of "cited by" does not exist? Let's do a close reading of the article
Japtok, M. (2002). Pauline hopkins's of one blood, africa, and the "darwinist trap". African American Review, 36(3), 403-415.
The Catalog
Tripod
background
argument
beyond
Background
"critical fabulation"
jstor - state of the field
annual reviews
oxford bibliographies
For your argument
"critical fabulation"
JSTOR
MLA
LitBase
Oxford
Proquest
LitBase
Beyond Swarthmore
"critical fabulation"
worldcat.org
& ILL
Thank You!
Roberto Vargas / rvargas1 / McCabe 110
How do you start your reseach?
wikipedia
Tripod
ChatGPT?
"What resources do I need?"
"What do I need to learn?"
TRIPOD
BACKGROUND
SCHOLARLY WORK
Research
Other assumptions?
Usually understood as going from point A to point B
You are searching for the essay you want to write
Every relevant article and book you find serve the same purpose
What if
What is important in a conversation?
We think of research as a conversation
What has been said
The language being used
The rules and expectations
Background research
Helps you get a sense of the academic language being used.
Oxford Bibliographies
Example
Digital Resources for Library Research
First -
Reflect on your past research experiences in other classes. Aside from seeking answers to your questions, what other purposes can conducting research serve?
Serendipity
Reading the answer to questions you have yet to ask