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YOUR TASKResearch proposal
• an introduction
• a literature review
• research design & method
… use 5-10 scholarly articles
How to find…
• background information
• scholarly articles• info on research
methodology
OUR AGENDA
A literature review…• Summarizes related studies and tries
to makes sense of the pattern of findings. It draws conclusions about what is known, what is not, and what should be.
(adapted from SFU Library website)
LITERATURE REVIEW
From Denton’s Literature Review (20 pgs)
In 1904, the first modern response to the new slave trade, the International Agreement for the Suppression of the White Slave Traffic, was created (Friman & Reich, 2007). …
… the current, relatively accepted definition of trafficking describes a wide range of activities (Bruckert & Parent, 2002; O’Connell, Davidson & Donelan in Laczko & Gramegna, 2003). The trafficking of humans is not one single activity….
While Andrees (2005) considers the use of media and secondary sources a cause for concern, others (e.g., Dottridge, 2002), see the use of media as a means to gain access to a field of study that is notoriously difficult to infiltrate….
Rather than separating the forced prostitution and sexual exploitation literature from human trafficking, much of the literature muddles the two together….
EXAMPLE LITERATURE REVIEW
Denton, Erin (2009). International News Coverage of Human Trafficking Arrests and Prosecutions: a Content Analysis (Master’s Thesis). Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. Retrieved from http://troy.lib.sfu.ca/record=b5632368~S1a
History
Definitions
Issues
Gaps
Encyclopedias and handbooks: Gale Virtual Reference Library, Oxford Reference Online, SAGE Reference
WHERE TO FIND
What can we find out about football hooliganism?
Background Information:
Books: Library Catalogue
Scholarly articles:
• Criminal Justice Abstracts
• PsycINFO
• Sociological Abstracts
Newspaper Articles: Canadian NewsStand, Factiva…
WHERE TO FIND
WHERE TO FIND
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Background on methodology:
APA GUIDES
APA GUIDES
Actual APA guides available for check-out in the library
Criminology 220 14
WRITING AND AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
If you don’t know how to correctly cite a document, feel free to ask a librarian for help.
If you want help with writing/structuring your paper or quoting/paraphrasing documents, see the Student Learning Commons
• Workshops• One-to-one appointments• Drop-in consultations• Online handouts
IS THIS PLAGIARISM?
Direct quotation:
“When a significant violation of public trust has occurred, lying is a common corollary because the wrongdoing invites concealment” (Fleming & Zyglidopoulos, 2008, p. 838).
Student A’s paper:
If a serious violation of public trust occurs, lying is often the result because this action invites concealment (Fleming & Zyglidopoulos, 2008).
IS THIS PLAGIARISM?
Direct quotation:
“When a significant violation of public trust has occurred, lying is a common corollary because the wrongdoing invites concealment” (Fleming & Zyglidopoulos, 2008, p. 838).
Student A’s paper:
If a serious violation of public trust occurs, lying is often the result because this action invites concealment (Fleming & Zyglidopoulos, 2008).
IS THIS PLAGIARISM?
Patchwriting
•A form of plagiarism in which a writer relies too heavily on the words and sentence structure of the author’s original text.
IS THIS PLAGIARISM?
Direct quotation:
“When a significant violation of public trust has occurred, lying is a common corollary because the wrongdoing invites concealment” (Fleming & Zyglidopoulos, 2008, p. 838).
Student B’s paper:
Organizations often feel compelled to lie about their actions when they are discovered to have taken advantage of the public (Fleming & Zyglidopoulos, 2008).
GETTING HELP
GETTING HELPAsk anyone at the reference desk in any of the three campus libraries.
Use our Ask a Librarian services (via the Library home page) to contact a librarian (by phone, IM, email, text).
Contact :
Ania Dymarz
