REFERENCES:
Booth, Wayne C. (2008). "The Craft of Research." Chapter 5, p. 68-83; Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
DEPENDS ON THE
DISCIPLINE
SOURCES
Type in the name of the book you have read.
Websites
organizations
Take notes while you read the book. Type here the resources, books, or websites that the author mentioned and you want to check out later.
NOT AT ALL
- "com"
RELIABLE
ORGANIZATIONS
- "edu"
- "gov"
- "org"
ANALIZE BY
What is the reason why the author wrote the book?
RELIABILITY
Is it accruate?
or pre-reviewed?
- Be skeptical
- Scholar authors
- Up-to-date
- Cited before
RELEVANCE
Is it relevant or important?
- Relevant bibliography
- Skim important parts:
Abstract, introduction,
conclusions, so on.
DEFINITION
Who is the author of the book? Type in his/her name.
Something or someone that
can give us information
SEARCHING SOURCES
READING TECHNIQUES
- Prowl the stacks
- Skimming
- Scaning
- Comprehensive reading
- LIBRARIES
- EXPERTS SUPPORT
- CATALOGS
- ONLINE DATABASES
OTHER KINDS:
PEOPLE AS A SOURCE
- Receive memories
- Collect opinions
- Be ethical
- Ex.: interview, survey, experiment.
SCHOLARY SOURCES
- Focus on academy
- Written by specialist
- Full of scientific information
- Objectivity and reliable facts
POPULAR SOURCES
- Full of photos
- For entertainment
- Public in general
- Subjectivity and opinions
KINDS:
TERTIARY
- Synthesize primary and secondary
- For general readers
- Organize primary and secondary
- No new information
- Ex.: Abstracts, dictionaries, textbooks
SECONDARY
- Solve problems
- For scholarly and
professional audiences.
- Support arguments
- Analyze and interpret information
- Persuasive
- Analyze primary ones
- Expand information
- New contributions
- Reformulate hypothesis
- Ex.: books, articles
PRIMARY
The main idea is what the book is mostly about.
Some tips to find out the main idea of a book easier:
- Read the title.
- Look for the text features.
- Figure out if you are reading a fiction or a non fiction book.
- Think about some examples that support this idea.
- "Raw data"
- Discoveries
- Text studied
- Used to test hypothesis
- Authoritative
- Original material
- Basis for others work
- First-hand evidence
- Ex.: Surveys and academic researches
