Annotated Bibliography information for sophomore level Sport Administration course at Belmont University

1. SAM 2010
COURTNEY FUSON
COURTNEY.FUSON@BELMONT.EDU

2. WHY RESEARCH?
AS PROFESSIONALS, WHY SHOULD WE DO RESEARCH?

3. ACADEMIC VS COMMERCIAL RESEARCH
• Purpose
• Timeline
• Funding
• Access to results

4. TYPES OF DATA
Qualitative
• Characteristics that can’t be
measured numerically (qualities)
• Qualitative data is data describing
the attributes or properties that an
object possesses
Quantitative
• Characteristics that can be
measured (quantities)
• Quantitative data is data expressing
a certain quantity, amount or range.
Usually, there are measurement
units associated with the data

5. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Bibliography: A list of the [resources] … dealing with any particular
theme; the literature of a subject.
• Annotation: A note added to anything written, by way of
explanation or comment.
• Annotations for an annotated bibliography can include a summary,
evaluation, and/or reflection of the cited source.

6. HOW TO RESEARCH?
• http://www.belmont.edu/library
• OneSearch
• Research Guides
• Databases A to Z list

7. ACTIVITY
Option 1
• Look through the list of research
guides.
• Click on a research guide that looks
like it might be helpful for your topic
area.
• Choose a database from the
research guide and do a few
practice searches.
Option 2
• Look through the A to Z list of
databases.
• Choose one that looks like it might
be helpful for your topic area.
• Do a few practice searches.

8. CONTACT ME!
• courtney.fuson@belmont.edu
• 615-460-5492
• Bunch Library, 2nd floor
(inside Collection Management, across from GPS Office)
• Make an appointment – http://bit.ly/meetCourtney
• M-F 8:00am – 4:30pm
• Other times available by request