University of Georgia Self Confidence and Wealth Creation Bibliography

1. My Research Project Create a Working or an Annotated Bibliography

Create a bibliography to keep track of your sources as you work on your research writing project. Your bibliography should include complete citation information for the sources you are considering for use in your project. You may also include annotations that contain source descriptions, source evaluations, reflections on the source, and plans for using the source in your project. You can create a bibliography in print form (such as in a notebook) or in digital form (for example, in a word processing file). You can also use bibliography tools, which allow you to create entries for new sources, annotate sources, evaluate sources, copy and save some or all of the text from a source, and display your working bibliography in various citation styles

2.Summarize a Source

Using the following guidelines, write an outline summary of the articles

1. Record the authors and title of the source.
2. Identify the main point and key points made by the writers. Present the main point and key points in the order in which they appear in the source. For each point, briefly describe the evidence provided to back it up.
3. Clearly credit the authors for any information, ideas, and arguments you include in your summary: use quotation marks for direct quotations, and identify the page from which you’ve drawn a paraphrase or quotation.

3. Prepare to Search Library Catalogs

As you get ready to search library catalogs, return to your research plan or research proposal and make a list of names, keywords, and phrases. Examine your working bibliography to identify the authors, titles, and subjects of your best sources. Then answer the following questions.

1. What are the names of authors I can use to search by author?

1. What are the titles of works that have been referred to me or that I have found in works cited pages that I can use to search by title?
2. What words and phrases can I use to search by keyword?
3. What words and phrases can I use to search by subject?
4. Does it make sense to search by date? If so, what are the dates I should search within?
5. Would call numbers in the Library of Congress or Dewey decimal classification system be useful for me to browse? If so, what are these call numbers?

4. Record Searches

One of the most important research strategies you can use as you collect information is keeping track of your searches. This will save you time, should you need to search again later, and will help determine which keywords and phrases returned the most promising results. In your research log, record the following information for each of your searches.

1. Resource that was searched
2. Search terms used (keywords, phrases, publication information)
3. Search strategies used (simple search, wildcard search, exact phrase search, Boolean search)
4. Date search was conducted
5. Number of results produced by the search
6. Relevance of the results
7. Notes about the search”