[nabs-l] research methods

[Serena]

I used the library data bases.  Proquest Direct and Ebscohost are pretty 
accessible.  If the articles were relatively short, I read them all the way 
through with Jaws, but if they were really long, I used readers.  The 
librarians often helped me find books.  That often helped, so I wouldn't 
have to use readers for that.

Serena

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:14 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] research methods


> Hi all,
>
> I wanted some more ideas on this.  Then I'll have a sheet with ideas for 
> myself and others wo ask me.  I am about to begin a big research paper for 
> my senior class.  All seniors do this to demonstrate critical thinking, 
> organization and writing skills.  Research has been quite challenging.  I 
> use readers a lot but its hard to communicate what I am looking for.  Much 
> research is at the library and books and some other matterial is not 
> accessible.  So my questions.
>
> Do you use your school's databases?  What ones are jaws friendly?  Its 
> been my experience that databases are not very accessible.  There are lots 
> of boxes and info before jaws reads the titles of articles.  In an article 
> I'm sure you read the abstract first to determine relevance.  I do as wel.
>
> How do you skim the article for relevant info?  Or perhaps you read it 
> all?  Scholarly articles are big, about twenty pages long on average from 
> my experience. With jaws or a reader, skipping info is hard since I don't 
> know what I'm looking for exactly.
> How do you cite pages?  Does someone read you the page numbers as well? 
> This has been problematic for me.  I write notes but don't know later what 
> page it was on and cannot skim the article for that info.
>
> Have you used the librarians for help?  If so, what role did they play? 
> Did you ask them to search for you and they read you the titles of 
> articles/books?  I have used them and they pointed me to the right 
> databases and card catalog for books but also served as a reader sort of 
> as we gathered info.
>
> I find research frustrating when you think something sounds great and read 
> it but then its not so good.  I think this happens to all students, but 
> since it takes longer for us its more frustrating.
>
> Any ideas are appreciated.
>
> Ashley
>
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