Search strategies, annotated bibliographies and synthesis matrices.

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Lit Reviews

5. Searching in the Library:
Same as Google?
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6. Does a family’s self-
reported quality of life
improve as a child’s
challenging behaviors
are reduced?
Research Topic

7. Does a family’s self-
reported quality of life
improve as a child’s
challenging behaviors
are reduced?
Identify the Main Ideas

8. Does a family’s self-
reported quality of life
improve as a child’s
challenging behaviors
are reduced?
Identify the Main Ideas

9. family
AND
narrows your search by connecting concepts
Quality of
life
Family AND quality of life

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11. Alternate Key Words
• Synonyms or related words
• Medical, Legal, Scientific
alternatives
• Google and Wikipedia
• Ask a friend
• Thesaurus.com

12. Identify Alternative Keywords
Quality of Life
Well being
Home life
welfare

13. Identify Alternative Keywords
Quality of Life
OR
Well being
OR
Home life
OR
welfare

14. Family
Quality of life
OR
Well being
AND and OR together

15. Truncation
Search for: Family
Key Concept: Family

16. Truncation
Family
Familiar
Families
Search for: Famil*
You get: Famished
Famous
Famed
Familiar
Search for: Fam*
You get:
Key Concept: Family

19. A list of citations on a particular topic followed by an
evaluation of the source’s argument and other
relevant material including its intended audience,
sources of evidence, and methodology.

20. A summary and/or evaluation of each source in your
bibliography.

21. Find Your
Sources
Read your
Sources
Identify
Most
Relevant
Sources
Cite Your
Sources
Write
Annotation
s
STEPS TO CREATING AN
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

22. Step 1: Find your Sources
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23. Step 2: Read Your
Sources

24. Step 3: Identify the Most
Important Sources
• Peer-reviewed articles and studies.
• Only use those most relevant for
your research.
If the source is not adding
anything to the dialog of your
topic, it is not appropriate to
include.

25. Step 4: Cite your Sources
APA Resources
Refworks
guides.library.jhu.edu/refworks
Purdue Owl
(Google it)
APA Style Guide
apastyle.org
APA Blog
blog.apastyle.org/apastyle

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27. Step 5. Write your
Annotations
1. Identify the parts of an
annotation.
2. Use a study summary to
break down each article.
3. Write the annotation.

28. What should be
included in a good
annotation?

29. Parts of an Annotation
1. Summary
2. Evaluation
3. Commentary or Reflection

30. Summary
Highlight
the main
points or
findings.

31. Summary: Paraphrase
Use your own words, do not
copy the abstract.
Paraphrasing advice: owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/02/

32. Evaluation
– Authority of author
– Strength of argument
– Strength of author’s evidence/sources
– Strength of author’s methodology
– Strength of author’s conclusions

33. Evaluation: CRAAP Test
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Accuracy
Purpose
csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/eval_websites.pdf

34. Commentary/Reflection
• Comment on the
intended audience
• How does this add to
or inform other
works you have
cited?
• How does this add to
or inform your topic?

35. EXAMPLES

36. Example A
Davidson, Hilda Ellis. Roles of the Northern Goddess.
London: Routledge, 1998.
Davidson's book provides a thorough examination
of the major roles filled by the numerous pagan
goddesses of Northern Europe in everyday life,
including their roles in hunting, agriculture,
domestic arts like weaving, the household, and
death. The author discusses relevant
archaeological evidence, patterns of symbol and
ritual, and previous research. The book includes a
number of black and white photographs of relevant
artifacts.

37. Example B
Bruckman, A. S. (1993). Gender swapping on the Internet.
Proceedings of INET '93. Retrieved from
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/elc/papers/bruckman/gender-
swapping bruckman.pdf
In this brief analysis, Bruckman investigates the perceptions of
males and females in electronic environments. She argues that
females (or those posing as females) receive an inordinate
amount of unwanted sexual attention and offers of assistance
from males. She also suggests that females (and sexually
unthreatening males) are welcomed more willingly than
dominant males into virtual communities. She concludes that
behavior in electronic forums is an exaggerated reflection of
gender stereotypes in real-life communication. The article cites
other studies also included in this bibliography. The article is
interesting and accessible, but it is quite old, and it relies almost
entirely on quotations from four anonymous forum participants.

38. Example B
Bruckman, A. S. (1993). Gender swapping on the Internet.
Proceedings of INET '93. Retrieved from
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/elc/papers/bruckman/gender-
swapping bruckman.pdf
In this brief analysis, Bruckman investigates the perceptions of
males and females in electronic environments. She argues that
females (or those posing as females) receive an inordinate
amount of unwanted sexual attention and offers of assistance
from males. She also suggests that females (and sexually
unthreatening males) are welcomed more willingly than
dominant males into virtual communities. She concludes that
behavior in electronic forums is an exaggerated reflection of
gender stereotypes in real-life communication. The article cites
other studies also included in this bibliography. The article is
interesting and accessible, but it is quite old, and it relies almost
entirely on quotations from four anonymous forum participants.

39. Example C
Starks, B. C., Harrison, L., & Denhardt, K. (2011). Outside the comfort zone of the classroom.
Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 22(2), 203-225. doi:10.1080/10511253.2010.517773
This paper explains how service learning can be a valuable part of a student’s academic
career. Service can be tied into a course and takes students outside of the classroom for a
non-traditional, active learning experience that can impact not only their education, but their
personal and professional lives. Examples are provided for other teachers to encourage them
to explore service learning projects in their own classrooms. The authors are practitioners
who have used service projects to enhance their courses, and their experiences are also
supported by previous research done on this topic. Their examples demonstrate that learning
can be achieved in non-traditional ways, and service learning can have a larger impact that
regular classroom study. Their argument for active learning is supported by many of the other
articles in this bibliography, which stress that active learning is the most effective method for
retaining life-long skills. The examples and background in this article describe how teaching
and learning has changed over time, and provides important perspective and context to inform
my topic.

40. Example C
Starks, B. C., Harrison, L., & Denhardt, K. (2011). Outside the comfort zone of the classroom.
Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 22(2), 203-225. doi:10.1080/10511253.2010.517773
This paper explains how service learning can be a valuable part of a student’s academic
career. Service can be tied into a course and takes students outside of the classroom for a
non-traditional, active learning experience that can impact not only their education, but their
personal and professional lives. Examples are provided for other teachers to encourage them
to explore service learning projects in their own classrooms. The authors are practitioners
who have used service projects to enhance their courses, and their experiences are also
supported by previous research done on this topic. Their examples demonstrate that learning
can be achieved in non-traditional ways, and service learning can have a larger impact that
regular classroom study. Their argument for active learning is supported by many of the other
articles in this bibliography, which stress that active learning is the most effective method for
retaining life-long skills. The examples and background in this article describe how teaching
and learning has changed over time, and provides important perspective and context to inform
my topic.

41. Practice
tinyurl.com/pdbqnlz

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43. Outline an Annotation
guides.library.jhu.edu/find

44. Annotated Bibliography
Resources
Purdue Owl:
owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/
Cornell Library Guide:
guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliograph
y

45. Purpose of an AB
• Explore your topic.
• Appraise issues or
factors associated with
your professional
practice and research
topic.
• Help you get started with
the literature review.
• Think critically about
your topic, and the
literature.

46. SYNTHESIS
MATRIX

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49. Liz Johns
emjohns@jhu.edu
Office hours and more
resources:
guides.library.jhu.edu/emjo
hns
Your Librarian

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differently?
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