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ACCT410FinalCourseReport11.docxFinal Course Report: Bibliographic Report and Research Tracker
Project Objective
Create an annotated bibliographic report to meet an assignment from your supervisor after first creating and using a research tracker. These are two separate submissions.
Requirements
As a new member of a team at a large organization you are assigned the task of creating an annotated bibliography of authoritative resources related to the name of the class you are receiving funding to complete this term. Include name of our class!
Your final deliverable will be a report with the title of our class, headings describing the purpose and work related value of your project, and concluding with the annotated bibliography. You will benefit from weekly discussions, sharing of resources, and submissions in the assignment folder during the course as a component of your weekly learning report where you may also submit updates of your work.
The first part of the assignment is the research tracker. It should include all research conducted. It should follow the sample format presented below.
Submission
The research tracker can be in either Word or Excel. It may not be as complete as the annotated bibliography as it will be evaluated separately based on its usefulness as a step to completing the annotated bibliography.
Submit the annotated bibliography as a WORD document.
Grading
The written communication aspect of this assignment includes the following areas:
· assignment management
· organization and structure
· evidence and arguments
· readability, style, and mechanics
· presentation
Sample Research Tracker
The research tracker should be a columnar document. Omit the word "sample" in your actual submission. Examples are provided below.
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Question Pursuing, Information Sought, Rationale for Search |
Tool or Source Used |
Concepts or Keywords, Terms, Phrases |
Search Strategy |
Results |
Decision, Action, Next Step |
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(2) Another example of a sample research tracker:
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Topic/Key Concepts |
Sources Consulted |
Search Terms Used |
Results/Comments/Notes |
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Example: Distance learning and adults Distance education, distance learning, adult students |
Library catalog |
Distance AND (education OR learning) AND adults |
E-World: virtual learning, collaborative environments, and future technologies; edited by Doris Christopher, National Business Education Association, 2004 Checked out; requested via catalog 7/25 |
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(3) Finally, a "filled-in" sample research tracker:
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Date |
Question Pursuing, Information Sought, Rationale for Search |
Tool or Source Used |
Concepts or Keywords, Terms, Phrases |
Search Strategy |
Results |
Decision, Action, Next Step |
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10/23 |
Background information |
General encyclopedias (library reference section) |
television, violence |
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Found mostly general information on "television." Found one small article in Encyclopedia Americana on "Violence in Television." |
Need more background info? Will check other reference books. |
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10/23 |
More background information |
Looked in Encyclopedia of Television (REF PN 1992.18 .E53 1997) |
violence |
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Found a small article on "Violence in Television" (page 1769 - volume 3). Described correlation between television violence and later behavior. |
Have decided to focus on relationship between two topics. Will check for books in online catalog. |
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10/23 |
Description of human behavior |
Looked in Delhi Online Catalog |
human behavior |
Keyword search |
Found a lot of good general books on human behavior, including The Winning Edge by Andrew J. DuBrin. |
Will focus more. Will try "television" and "violence." |
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10/27 |
Need to narrow focus even more with magazine or journal articles. |
Used InfoTrac |
Tried "television and human behavior." |
Keyword search |
Didn't find much. |
Will try other, broader keywords. |
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10/27 |
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Used InfoTrac |
Tried "show and ad." |
Keyword search |
Found way too many irrelevant articles! |
Will try another keyword: "violence." |
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10/27 |
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Used InfoTrac |
Tried " ads and behavior." |
Keyword search |
Found several very good recent articles, including "Aggressive response to TV violence tracks to adulthood." Sally Kubetin. Pediatric News, May 2003, v37 i5 p23. |
Will print out and review articles, and take notes. |
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11/03 |
Try to find good Web sites to supplement other sources. |
Used Google |
Tried “violence and behavior." |
Basic search |
Found several Web sites that looked good. The first one was titled "Violence on television," www.apa.org/pubinfo/violence.html . This Web site is published by the APA. |
Will examine other Web sites and list findings. |
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