This is the resource page for CYFS 420, Applied Research Methods and Information Literacy. Here you will find the resources and instruction materials to support the information literacy portion of the curriculum for this course. They are organized into the following resource areas:
| - COURSE TEXTBOOK, DATABASES & EBOOKS | - INFORMATION LITERACY |
| - TOPIC DEVELOPMENT | - APA REFERENCE CITATIONS |
| - SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES | - RESEARCH ETHICS |
| - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES | - LITERATURE REVIEWS |
We will continue to add materials throughout the course as we cover the different areas of learning.
Use One Search to find books, articles and films in one search.
NOTE: After entering your search terms, click the "Search" button to generate your results. Do not use the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
There are two copies of each of these books are on Reserve for CYFS 420 in the library:
Applied Social Research
Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-Time Researchers
Empowerment Series: Essential Research Methods for Social Work
Health Services Research Methods
Here are two great videos produced by Western Washington University Libraries that explain how to develop a research question and sub-questions to find information on your problem. Once you decide on these questions, you can go and find information on them and bring them together to answer your problem.
The official American Psychological Association (APA) writing and citation style provides excellent resources to help you learn to incorporate this style into your academic writing for your coursework.
Watch the video below to learn what citations are, and how to use them to document your sources in your paper.
Research Ethics: Key Points
Research Ethics: The History
These two videos provide a thorough explanation of the purpose and process of the annotation bibliography. Used with permission from Alan W. Aldrich & Carol A. Leibiger. University Libraries, University of South Dakota. Contact: alan.aldrich@usd.edu. Copyright 2014
There is also a printed script for each video as well as a copy of the Source Evaluation Matrix used in video 2:
Additional Articles and Web pages
Writing Science: Leveraging the Annotated Bibliography as a Writing Tool (even though this is for science writers, it applies to social sciences.)
Videos
Introduction to Annotated Bibliographies - Tutorial 3:41
Note: There is no APA style for annotated bibliographies, only for citing the references in APA style.
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Presented by North Carolina State University Library
