FRHD 3070 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: American Sociological Review, Literature Review, Psychology Today

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3070
• Professor: Hendry

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Locating relevant sources: best to be organized & read scholarly/academic literature on a topic & associated research question, also wise to plan to prepare a written literature review. Books: 2 types of books contain collections of article/research reports: Scholarly journals: primary type of periodical to use for literature review; filled w/ peer-reviewed reports of research i. e. canadian journal of sociology, american sociological review. Government documents: go(cid:448)"t s all o(cid:448)e(cid:396) the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld spo(cid:374)so(cid:396) studies & pu(cid:271)lish (cid:396)epo(cid:396)ts of the (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h, many uni libraries have these documents in their holdings, usually in spe(cid:272)ial (cid:862)go(cid:448)"t do(cid:272)u(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts(cid:863) section. Chapter 4: reviewing the scholarly literature & planning a study. Citation styles: citations useful for 2 purposes: locating a source & referencing it properly, many ways to cite literature have been developed by scholarly organizations & publishers. Locate research reports: use multiple search strategies to counteract limitations of a single search method, use multiple databases.