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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