506: Research Lecture

Despite all the practical work i'd much rather do with my life, it's probably time i start to at least accept the fact that I'm going to have to write this bloody 9k word dissertation about god knows what, at that it's going to be lurking over my head, ruining my life until February, if I'm lucky.

Dug up some notes/bulletpoints/keywords from LibraryMaster Chris' COP3 lecture at the end of term which I've typed up as some way of hopefully getting the wheels turning..?


COPAC - Library catalogue, British Library

SCONAL ACCESS - this allows you to use other uni libraries in the country




Keywords when working out Dissertation titles;

FOCUS • RELEVANCE


Diss titles - 

"Did Western society ever need cars; are they a necessity 

and how have they contributed to the formation of the urban environment?"

TOO UNFOCUSED

"How have cars contributed to the formation of the urban environment?" is a seperate question in itself. 

                        CLASS                POWER                                                      1 or 2 related

                             |                            |                                                             films   |

                             |                            |                                                                       |

                             |                            |                                                                       |

                                                                                                                                   

STATUS -------   ROLE OF COSTUME --------------WITHIN---------------------   A TASTE OF

                                                                                                                        HONEY (dvd)

                             |               |                                                                                    |

                             |               |                                                                                    | 

                             |               |                                                                                    |

                     UNIFORM       |                                                                             fim costume     

                                      RELIGION     

                       

Research Methods

Visual Practice - Experiment - Interest & Enquiry ( research & critical diaries)

Questionnaires ( quantitive/qualititive)

Interviews

Case Study

Site Visits

Literature Search

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Literature Search;

Knowing where to look most effectively

Effective use of catalogues
  - narrowing & broadening search terms
  - using related terms
  - browsing using Dewey Decimal Classification

Use of contents page & index

Reading the introduction of abstract

Bibliography 

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BOOK SEARCH

The British Library in Boston Spa : www.bl.uk

SCONOR

JSTOR - journals etc, need an Athens login and password

Search Bar > put phrase in "commas"

ATHENS; store of password protected sites
                access to e-books
               
GOOGLE SCHOLAR - PDF articles available


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- Create a sense of momentum, not taking a draft section when you can.

- Start your Bibliography straight away!