ARTH 373 - Urbanism: History & Theory

1. Write out everything about which you’d like to learn - don’t worry about syntax/grammar
2. Pull out the key terms, phrases or concepts from these sentences
   • Make a list of terms, phrases, or concepts
   • Combine similar ideas
   • Think of synonyms for these terms
3. Combine these terms with connectors to build search strings
   • Look at the subject terms as you search to add to your key terms list

• Periodicals
• Books
• Blogs and Social Media
• Social Media
• Multimedia
• Reference

Primary vs. Secondary Sources

• Primary - Provides first-hand account 
  • Drawings
  • Site plans
  • Photos
  • Models
  • Business Records
  • Historical Manuscripts
• Secondary - Analysis/interpretation of a primary source
  • Periodicals
  • Books

Scholarly vs. Popular Sources

• Scholarly
  • Author(s) = credentialed
  • Sources = cited
  • Peer-reviewed/Refereed
  • Intended audience = scholars/academics
• Popular
  • Author(s) = not always credentialed
  • Opinion based/advocacy- oriented
  • Few (if any) references cited
  • Broad audience

Periodicals

Examples of Periodical Types:

Newspaper: New York Times

Popular Magazine: Town & Country Magazine

Trade Journal: Architect Magazine

Scholarly Journal: Architecture & Culture

• Advanced Search and Filters
  • Narrow down your search by using the advanced search feature or the filters on the side of your results
  • There are more options in the filters pane 
  • Suggested filters: Material Type, Publication Date, Language, Subject
• Boolean Term or Connecters
  • AND, OR, NOT (must be capitalized)
  • Boolean Terma are often built into the advanced search or can be typed into search bar
  • These terms connect larger concepts in order to narrow or broaden your results
  • AND - narrows results; tells database that all of terms in search string must be present
  • OR - broadens results; tells database to bring back any of the terms in the search string
  • NOT - excludes certain results; tells database to skip over results implied by other terms in your search string
• Grouping Techniques
  • Put exact phrases in quotation marks (Ex: “The Grove LA”)
  • Searching works a lot like math, when using a combination ot boolean terms use parentheses  Ex: "lifestyle centers" AND ("urban design" OR "urban planning")

Annotated Bibliography

• Evaluation, not a summary
  • Typically 50-100 words
• Avoid quoting abstracts or summaries - paraphrase in your own words
• Keep track of your research
  • Put sources in dialogue with each other
• Use the annotated bibliography to help define the scope of your paper