Academic Sources Research Seminar DSS PDF

Scientific Sources Research Seminar DSS Presentation Contents 1. Sources 2. Academic Sources 3. Evaluating Sources 4. Finding Sources 5. Practice! Sources Sources? Will the Where do I teacher How will I know find them? provide the...

Scientific Sources Research Seminar DSS Presentation Contents 1. Sources 2. Academic Sources 3. Evaluating Sources 4. Finding Sources 5. Practice! Sources Sources? Will the Where do I teacher How will I know find them? provide them? if I have the right sources? What are sources? What do I do with sources??? What is a source? Information used to form and support ideas What is a source? Looks like it’s going to rain… Evidence Common Sources WEBSITES VIDEOS PODCASTS LECTURES NEWS ARTICLES (TEXT)BOOKS PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES In-Text Citations & Reference Lists Can use any source In-text citation Must cite everything Reference list entry 2. Academic Sources  Academic Sources Scientific Sources Academic Sources Scholarly Sources What is an Academic Source? HIGH-QUALITY ACCURATE UP-TO-DATE Academic Sources Credible Convincing Stronger Sources Academic or not? What makes a source academic? Written by experts Qualifications Affiliations What makes a source academic? Evaluated by experts ✓High-quality ✓Accurate ✓Up-to-date What makes a source academic? Primary source What makes a source academic? In-text citations and reference lists Source: Degeling, D., & Koolen, R. (2021). Communicating Climate Change to a Local but Diverse Audience: On the Positive Impact of Locality Framing. Environmental Communication, 16(2), 243–261. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2021.1998177 What makes a source academic? Published in credible locations Edited Formatted Adhere to patterns and requirements Characteristics of Academic Sources Written by Evaluated by Primary experts experts source In-text Published in citations and credible reference lists location Evaluating Sources Evaluating Sources Relevant? Credible? Connection to your text? Accurate? Supporting your ideas? Trustworthy? Explaining your ideas? Example: Autonomous Vehicles Example: Autonomous Vehicles Which provides the strongest evidence? 1. California Department of Motor Vehicles. (2022). California autonomous vehicle regulations. https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-industry-services/autonomous-vehicles/california-autonomous-vehicle- regulations/ 2. Andreas. (2023). 32 major pros & cons of self-driving cars. Environmental Conscience. Retrieved February 23, 2023 from https://environmental-conscience.com/self-driving-cars-pros-cons/. 3. Tafidis, P., Farah, H., Brijs, T., & Pirdavani, A. (2022). Safety implications of higher levels of automated vehicles: a scoping review. Transport Reviews, 42(2), 245-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2021.1971794 4. Self-driving car. (2023, March 8). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Self- driving_car&oldid=1143494322 5. Kelly, A., Stentz, A., Amidi, O., Bode, M. F., Bradley, D., Diaz-Calderon, A., Happold, M., Herman, H., Mandelbaum, R. A., Pilarski, T., Rander, P., Thayer, S. M., Vallidis, N., & Warner, R. (2006). Toward Reliable Off Road Autonomous Vehicles Operating in Challenging Environments. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 25(5–6), 449–483. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364906065543 24 Example: Autonomous Vehicles Which provides the strongest evidence? 1. California Department of Motor Vehicles. (2022). California autonomous vehicle regulations. https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-industry-services/autonomous-vehicles/california-autonomous-vehicle- regulations/ 2. Andreas. (2023). 32 major pros & cons of self-driving cars. Environmental Conscience. Retrieved February 23, 2023 from https://environmental-conscience.com/self-driving-cars-pros-cons/. 3. Tafidis, P., Farah, H., Brijs, T., & Pirdavani, A. (2022). Safety implications of higher levels of automated vehicles: a scoping review. Transport Reviews, 42(2), 245-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2021.1971794 4. Self-driving car. (2023, March 8). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Self- driving_car&oldid=1143494322 5. Kelly, A., Stentz, A., Amidi, O., Bode, M. F., Bradley, D., Diaz-Calderon, A., Happold, M., Herman, H., Mandelbaum, R. A., Pilarski, T., Rander, P., Thayer, S. M., Vallidis, N., & Warner, R. (2006). Toward Reliable Off Road Autonomous Vehicles Operating in Challenging Environments. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 25(5–6), 449–483. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364906065543 25 Example: Autonomous Vehicles Which provides the strongest evidence? 1. California Department of Motor Vehicles. (2022). California autonomous vehicle regulations. https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/vehicle-industry-services/autonomous-vehicles/california-autonomous-vehicle- regulations/ 2. Andreas. (2023). 32 major pros & cons of self-driving cars. Environmental Conscience. Retrieved February 23, 2023 from https://environmental-conscience.com/self-driving-cars-pros-cons/. 3. Tafidis, P., Farah, H., Brijs, T., & Pirdavani, A. (2022). Safety implications of higher levels of automated vehicles: a scoping review. Transport Reviews, 42(2), 245-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2021.1971794 4. Self-driving car. (2023, March 8). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Self- driving_car&oldid=1143494322 5. Kelly, A., Stentz, A., Amidi, O., Bode, M. F., Bradley, D., Diaz-Calderon, A., Happold, M., Herman, H., Mandelbaum, R. A., Pilarski, T., Rander, P., Thayer, S. M., Vallidis, N., & Warner, R. (2006). Toward Reliable Off Road Autonomous Vehicles Operating in Challenging Environments. The International Journal of Robotics Research, 25(5–6), 449–483. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364906065543 26 Finding Sources InfoSkills InfoSkills Module: https://libguides.uvt.nl/humanities Common Ways to Find Sources Google Scholar ○ Good starting point ○ Easy to use ○ 🆇 Hard to filter ○ 🆇 Many non-scientific sources ○ 🆇 Doesn’t always provide access to full source Web of Science ○ Relatively easy to use ○ Good filtering options ○ Mostly scientific sources ○ 🆇 Harder to do generic searches (e.g., difficult if you don’t already have key terms) TiU Library ○ Good filtering options ○ Provides additional info about texts (e.g., keywords, subjects, database terminology) ○ Variety of databases that can be browsed ○ Good access ○ 🆇 Can be hard to use/time-consuming Large Language Models and Academic Sources Not advised 1. Might hallucinate sources This source does not exist! 30  Large Language Models and Academic Sources Not advised 1. Might hallucinate sources 2. “Academic” sources? 31 Large Language Models and Academic Sources Not advised 1. Might hallucinate sources 2. “Academic” sources? 3. Why these sources? What else is out there? Practice! Task: Find Strong Sources Instructions Requirements Find 2-3 sources (per person) to Groups of 3-4 help write a research paper about predicting university student Each group member must use a academic performance using different method of finding academic (e.g., study habits, class sources attendance) and behavioral data Google Scholar (e.g., sleep patterns, social relationships) Web of Science Compare and share in group TiU Library Decide which sources are the best LLMs Share with the class ? Literature Review: Find Sources This week’s (informal) task: Choose a potential topic for lit review Look at sources Enough to write with? Good sources out there? Decide on topic Find 3-5 potential sources Use systematic note-taking to keep track of info