Class slides for ENGL 2H.

1. BEAMing SCU
Nicole Branch
Santa Clara University Library
January 15, 2019
Lesson adapted from Woodward & Ganski, University of Wisconsin
Milwaukee; Engaging Ideas by John C. Bean, and Joseph Bizup, Boston
University. Image courtesy of Flickr user Maxwell GS.

2. Objectives
• Identify, access, and use images ethically
• Translate BEAM into searching
• Identify background sources for your projects

3. Using Images
• Public Domain
• Creative Commons
• Educational Uses

4. Creative Commons
A Shared Culture: http://creativecommons.org/videos/a-shared-culture

5. Creative Commons License
Image courtesy of sourcefabric.org

6. Bizup’s “BEAM”
• Background
• Exhibit/Evidence
• Argument
• Method

7. Ways of Categorizing Sources
• Scholarly -------------------------- Popular
• Primary --------------------------- Secondary
• Good -------------------------------- Bad

8. BEAM Sources
•Often factual information, used
to provide contextBackground
• Sources you analyze or use as
evidence (the data you collect)Exhibit
• Critical views and relevant
scholarship related to the topic.Argument
• Information about how to
execute your research methodMethod

9. What can you do with these sources
for your writing?
•Get started finding other information about your topic
•Used to explore your argument
•Provide context for your audienceBackground
• Used for the basis of your analysis of your topic and to demonstrate
your argument
Exhibit
• Understand how your topic has been treated by others, including
contrasting views
• Identify gaps in current understanding of your topic
• Justify the argument you are making
Argument
• Provides information to to help you conduct your research
• Can help your justify/contextualize your research practices
Method

10. Where will you find these sources?
•Look for encyclopedia entries and background information in:
•Reference sources (CREDO, Gale Virtual Reference, Wikipedia)
•Newspapers & magazines
•SCU Website
Background
• Look for data, examples and cultural artifacts in:
• Your own research
• Statistics sources (Statista, raw data)
• Google
Exhibit
• Look for scholarly articles related to your topic in:
• Academic databases
• Google ScholarArgument
• Look for scholarly articles about methods and theories in:
• Academic databases
• Books
• Google
Method

11. Background
•SCU Website
•External sources
SCU
Background
• Encyclopedias
• Data Sources
• White papers/reports
Topic
Background

12. SCU Background
• University Website
• Student Newspaper
• The Santa Clara
• Newspaper articles
• National Data

13. Topic Background
• Reference sources (encyclopedias, etc.)
• White paper/reports
• Data & statistics

14. Find Sources
• In your project teams, determine who will find
what kind of background source:
– SCU Internal
– SCU External
– Topic background
• Share

15. Questions?
Nicole Branch
nbranch@scu.edu
x5436