The short-term goals of this guide are to supplement the Library sessions
Will be able to use one or two good articles to start to build your bibliography..
Produce a fully referenced policy brief
The long-term goal of this guide is to help you become a thoughtful user and creator of social science information and knowledge.
Your PPOL 5170 Policy Brief -
Policy Recommendations
Does the writer substantiate their arguments with insights from the relevant literature? Do they address counter-arguments or evidence to the contrary?
Use of Literature
"Does the writer substantiate their arguments with insights from the relevant literature? Do they address counter-arguments or evidence to the contrary? Do they have a properly formatted works cited (in any style)?
Research is Conducted by:
Associations | Businesses | Charities | Governments | Individuals (people) | Institutions (universities, think tanks, etc.) | Pressure groups | Trade Unions
► Information is Generated from:
Research | Critical evaluations | Interperative work
► Information from, on, or about Research is Communicated via:
Anthologies | Blogs | Books (monographs) | Book chapters | Conference Papers | Emails | Journals | Journal articles | Lectures | Letters | Meetings | Newsletters | Newspapers | Reports | Seminars | Textbooks | Theses | Tweets
► Information from, on, or about Research is Organized in:
Article Databases | Bibliographies | Data Repositories | Dictionaries | Encyclopedias | Library Catalogs
(Hart, 1998, p. 4)
Watch
1) Understanding Book & Journal Citation (3 min 2 sec)
https://lbcone.hkust.edu.hk/eobj/understand-citations
2) Find Articles from Journals & Magazines (Part A : E-format) (1 min 30 sec)
https://lbcone.hkust.edu.hk/eobj/e-article
3) Expand Your Keywords (1 min 22 sec)
https://lbcone.hkust.edu.hk/eobj/ss2-expand-keywords
Play
1) Citation Challenge
https://lbcone.hkust.edu.hk/eobj/citation-challenge
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