8/13/2019 Photography Essay Planning & Structure

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Research Strategy Checklist

Plan :

Your research will go better if you start with

a good clear idea of what youre looking for.

- Analyse the topic!- What interests you about this topic / what is your hypothesis / angle!- Concept mapping : key words, names, time periods,!- Possible research methods!- Likely information sources!

Search :- library catalogue (+ Ebrary)- which printed journals?!

- which e-journals?!

- which indexes/databases?!- using what words / phrases?!

Select :- read abstracts/summaries of likely-looking articles to assess relevance- use search limits such as document type to narrow down your results- use any subject headings in the article record to help you assess

relevance, and also to give you ideas for useful key words- use book reviews to help you decide whether a book will be relevant,

and also to help you to discover authors with different critical positions

Evaluate :- Are your key words getting good results?- Is there enough relevant material in the resources youve looked at?- Are the same key words working for different resources?- Are your results at the right academic level?- If youre not finding what you want, why do you think this is?

Modify :- Do you need to look elsewhere other resources?

- Do you need to try alternative key words?- Do you need to reconsider any aspect of your topic?

Synthesise (+ Write) :- Use the help for writing that is available on the webpages and from the

Learning Development Tutors- 3 golden rules of referencing:Do it thoroughly, Do it once, Do it right now, for every paper you read!- Treat illustrations the same way!

Present / Hand in- Allow extra time for printing & binding there may be a lot of other

people relying on doing these at the last minute and machinerysometimes breaks down!

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Present