CRIM 220: Library Research

SUMMER 2015Ania DymarzCriminology LibrarianSFU Surreyadymarz@sfu.ca

YOUR TASKResearch proposal

• an introduction

• a literature review

• research design & method

… use at least 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 AND PLAGIARISM TUTORIAL

APA guides

Plagiarism tutorial

APA GUIDES

Actual APA guides available for check-out in the library

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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

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

adymarz@sfu.ca