Lecture 2 - Take Home Message
Greetings Everyone-
I hope that all of you had a nice "break" and that you are now all digging back into your research work. Remember to:
(1) Identify 5 websites relevant to your research and not already in the Links list and submit them to twitten@vcu.edu. Make sure to submit both the name of the site and a web address for each of your five sites.
(2) Explore the various websites on the Links page and continue to work with the various web literature search and web search tools we discussed in the previous class. Focus on finding literature related to you ideas for research projects.
(3) Continue to read one of the 3 articles on Social Work and research from the Week 2 Downloads Section on the Week 2 Schedule page and prepare to discuss in class.
(4) Make sure to submit your response to the Research Dilemma for Week 2 and 3 before coming to class next week.
(5) Prepare your 3 research questions that you might like to investigate. Write them out and bring them to class for discussion.
(6) Continue progress on your CITI examination/certification
(7) Use the different search engines we discussed, especially OVID, Highwire, Pubmed, JSTOR, Google Scholar and some of the metasearch engines like Kartoo, Dogpile and Exalead to look for literature on your subject areas of interest
(8) Some of you have not completed submission of your Week 1 Research Dilemma or your Week 1 Lecture 1 Evaluation. Please also submit your Demography and Math Anxiety questionniares if you have not already done so. Please get this done asap.
Keep your heads focused and above water. Email me with problems or discussion or questions at any time. And above all, hang in there. You will do fine. And, guess what, it looks like Tarynn is going to have to take the CITI examination along with you to get recertified. So we are all in the same boat together on that one.
Tarynn