SPECIFIC TASK INSTRUCTIONS Yourpathfinderwillbe baseduponthe topicthatwas approvedby yourteacherin your proposal.Thecontents(citations and annotations) ofthe pathfinderwillbe submitted asasingle word document. This documentmust include the following: 1. Atitle pagewhichincludes astatementofyourresearchtopic, yourname,your learner/student number, and teacher’s name. 2. Anintroduction whichmakes cleartothe readerthe scope andlimitationsofthe pathfinder. Thatis, youinclude: • Audience • Topic andgeneraloverview • whathave youspecifically decidedtoinclude orexclude fromcoverage and reasonswhy(this doesnotincludeindividualitems butaspectsofthe topic) 3. Alistofcitationsand annotations(minimumof25 itemsintotal) Numberofcitations:Your pathfinderprojectwillneedtoinclude 25citationsand annotations. Types ofciteditems:Yourpathfindermust include: 1. TERTIARYSOURCES(MINIMUMOF 5)- ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLYOR BYTYPE These canbe: o JournalDatabasesorrepositories- thesemaybe individualdatabaseswithinoneyouhave already covered-egnotProquest asa whole,but oneofitsconstituentdatabases.Databases included here MUST be used for locating articles for the pathfinder. Trove isnotpermitted (TROVE not a database) o Referencesources-webor print o Other Tertiary-e.g.statisticalsites,Governmentdepartments, Directories, Handbooks, glossary, etc. These must be relevant to your topic. 2. SECONDARYOR PRIMARY (MINIMUMOF 20)- ARRANGEDBYASPECT, ANDTHEN ALPHABETICALLY Atleast 20from the followingcategories: o Monographsormonographchapters o Journalarticles – can be foundindatabases,repositories,websearchetc.Full o Websitesorspecificwebpages o Documentsstoredonthe web(pdf,ppt, video,etc.) o Primarysources(documents,data,etc.) Thesecondaryandprimarycitations should be arranged byheadingswhich areindicative ofthe aspectsof yourtopic. Undereachheading/aspect, thecitationsshouldthen be listedalphabeticallybyauthor. Where no authorisavailable arrangeitems alphabeticallyby title. Citationsmust be consecutivelynumbered1throughto25 (ortowhichevernumber youend your list) PRESENTATION OFCITATIONSAND ANNOTATIONS TheLISCitationStyleguide mustbe usedwhenwritingcitations. Foritems found inlibrarycatalogues,include thelocation andcallnumber. Consideryour futurereader.Howcouldthepresentationofeach citation/annotation/locationenhanceaccess? Type/format of material- eachcitationandannotationmust indicate thetype ofmaterial.You maywishtodo thisusingasystemofsymbols, for example: Book – print format Available from TAFE NSW library service Website Things toconsider: If youinclude only25 itemsintotalthisshouldreflectcarefulselectivityandfocuson the topic,notjustaselectionthatstops atthe minimum. If youincludemorethan25itemsthisshouldreflect anabundanceofchoicetowhich carefulselectionisstillapplied.Itshouldnotrepresentanon-selective ‘puteverything in’ mentality. Yourcitationsmustcoverallaspectsof yourtopicinabalanced way. Please discussnumbersofitemswith your teacheras partofthe consultation process. Search tools -yourpathfinder should showthatyouhaveextendedyour informationliteracyskills–youshouldusetools beyondthosewhichyou havelearned inotherLIS coursework. Thesearchtoolsyouchoose to searchshould reflectyourtargetgroupandtopic. Youshouldusemorethanoneofeachtype ofsearchtool, e.g.databases –useat least 3where possible. Each aspectofyourtopicshoulduseacombinationofSearchtoolstolocateavariety ofsources. Formatofitems:Yourcitationsmay include anyrelevantmaterialinany format. Forexample: Monographs Reference sources Journalarticles AV material(eg.DVDs,streamedvideo andaudio,etc.) Websitesor pages Primary documentssuchasletters Statistics Entire databases,repositories ordirectories Standards IMPORTANT You do nothave to visitany libraries andretrieve material.Youmay include anycitation foundinsearchingsuitable sources(catalogues,databases,etc.)aslongasyou are sure it is relevanttoyour research topic. For books in the Ultimo TAFE library it is suggested you borrow / use in the library to assist with the evaluation for relevance etc. You may also wish to get other items on ILL from other TAFE libraries. E-books – view full text, content and index for relevance. Fulltext articles areeasytocheckfor relevanceto yourtopic. Foritemswhereyou do nothave accesstothe text,thismaybe achievedthroughcareful examinationofabstracts,descriptors,subjectheadings and anyotherinformation available (eg google books) thathelpsyouunderstandwhattheitem isabout. ALL ANNOTATIONS MUST BE INYOUR OWNWORDS–IFEVIDENCE IS FOUNDTHATTHE ANNOTATIONS ARENOTINYOUR OWNWORDSTHEN PENALTIESFOR PLAGIARISMWILL APPLY.
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