OUGD501- Dissertation Research Lecture

Key Words

-Focus 
-Relevance 

Start by having a focused title, define the subject and make it relevant 

Visualise the title to gain a better idea of books that will be needed for research e.g. mind map 

example :

What role does the graphic designer play in the modern music industry. 


Primary and secondary 

Primary research- gathering own original data 

Secondary research- reading up on subject,making use of findings of others for corroboration, disagreement, triangulation, theoretical underpinning 

Research methods 

Primary:

Visual practise, experiment, interest and enquiry (research and critical diary)

Questionnaires (qualitative, opinions and ideas/quantitative, statistics)
-have a test run first then refine 
-have a mix of questions 
-state a deadline to get results back quick

Interviews 
-give the questions out before meeting the person 

Case Study 

Site visits


Literature search1

Books
-academic sources

Journals 

Websites/ blogs/ on-line forums 

Videos/ DVDs

CDs/ tape cassettes/ vinyl recordings 

TV/ Radio 

Newspaper/ maps/ reports 

Printed Ephemera 


Literature search2

Knowing where to look most effectively

Effective use of catalogues
-narrow and broadening search terms
-using  related terms
-browsing using dewey decimal classification 

Use of contents page and index 

Read the introduction or abstract 

Using a books own bibliography to inform further reading 


Book Search

library.leeds-art.ac.uk

leedsmet.ac.uk/lis

sconul - university of leeds/ get card from the library 

bl.uk - has every book published in uk 

COPAC 
copac.ac.uk - tells what books are available in what universities 


Journal Search 

Info Trac
-online magazine articles 
Password: tryinfomarks

JSTOR
-jstor.org/
only in college

Art Full Text
portal.leeds-art.ac.uk/

Internet Search 

Athens
ebooks
need to ask the library for the password 

Google Scholar 

library estudio 
he library 
Learning resources -