RELS 1002 SEARCH STRATEGIES Religion and the Environment

 RESEARCH QUESTION  PRIMARY SOURCE(S)  SECONDARY SOURCES  BACKGROUND / OVERVIEW  HISTORICAL, IN-DEPTH BACKGROUND WHAT DO YOU NEED?

INITIAL RESEARCH QUESTION Sample search topic: responses to Laudato Si

 Pope Francis  Laudato Si document  Identify major responses, responders Preliminary research question

RESEARCH QUESTION Example: Make a MIND MAP to define your question

MIND MAP YOUR TOPIC

Pope Francis Laudato si Environment Start a mind map

Pope Francis Laudato si Catholics Catholic Church Catholic Clergy Expand the mind map Environment

science Pope Francis Laudato si Animals Environment Nature Ecology Catholics Catholic Church Catholic Clergy Other religions Expand the mind map

science Pope Francis Laudato si Animals Environment Nature Ecology Catholics Catholic Church Catholic Clergy history sociology psychology Politics / Gov’t Non- Catholics Expand the mind map

science Pope Francis Laudato si Animals Environment Nature Ecology Catholics Catholic Church Catholic Clergy history sociology psychology Politics / Gov’t Other religious leaders Choose manageable options Catholic leaders Non- Catholics Public Media

Pope Francis Laudato si Focus options for research question Non- Catholics Media Public

ARTICULATE RESEARCH QUESTION

Articulate your research question  Original question: What are the responses to the encyclical Laudato Si by Pope Francis  Refined question: How do the responses of the non-Catholic public (as reported in the media) to Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato Si compare to those of American Catholic leaders?

 RESEARCH QUESTION  PRIMARY SOURCE  SECONDARY SOURCES: SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES  SECONDARY SOURCES: CURRENT RESPONSES: NEWS, MAGS, WEB  BACKGROUND / OVERVIEW: SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS  HISTORICAL IN-DEPTH: BOOKS WHAT DO YOU NEED?

PRIMARY SOURCES Primary sources vary depending on the focus of your research.

Locate Primary source document ents/papa-francesco_ _enciclica-laudato-si.html

Citation: Francis Laudato Si': on care for our common home.  Document is on the Vatican website francesco_ _enciclica-laudato-si.html

Find other primary sources for this topic :  Reliable websites  Major disciplinary sites that scan media for relevant content  Yale Forum on Media and the Environment  Immanent Frame, etc.  Major news platforms  Newspapers, Magazines  Broadcast and cable media networks and websites  Public opinion sources

FIND SECONDARY SOURCES

 RESEARCH QUESTION  PRIMARY SOURCE(S)  SECONDARY SOURCES: SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES  SECONDARY SOURCES: CURRENT RESPONSES: NEWS, MAGS, WEB  BACKGROUND / OVERVIEW: SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS  HISTORICAL IN-DEPTH: BOOKS WHAT DO YOU NEED?

FINDING SOURCES - see handout TO FIND:USE:LINKED AT: SECONDARYREFERENCEU of M or Trusted Sources Scholarly Journal articlesArticle Indexes Library Course Pages Library Subject Pages Magazine articles Newspaper articles Magazine Indexes News Indexes Library Subject Page for Current Issues Library How to Find News Sources pages Opinion articles or blog postsReliable Disciplinary Sites Reputable Popular Sites Polls, Public Opinion Research Department/Program Web page -- Religious Studies Resources page Current Issues Subject Page Background overviewSubject encyclopediasLibrary Subject Pages Background breadth+depthBooksMNCAT / Libraries Catalog

SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

How to find the best article indexes ATLA is recommended for this course. How do you find that out?

Subject Page shows general resources for a discipline  Library Subject Page for Religious Studies 

Course Page shows resources specific to your class  Library Course Page for RELS 1002 

SHORTCUT! Library Course Page lists highlights from Library Subject Page

ATLA search Library Course page> choose index What is ATLA? See

ATLA - search Search terms: ecotheology AND catholic church

ADVANCED SEARCH – ATLA example

Be creative; use varied related terms as needed  ATLA search for environment : 3,527 results (on 10/26/15)  ATLA search for ecology : 4,970 results (on 10/26/15)  ATLA search for nature: 17,188 results (on 10/26/15)

 RESEARCH QUESTION  PRIMARY SOURCE(S)  SECONDARY SOURCES: SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES  SECONDARY SOURCES: CURRENT RESPONSES: NEWS, MAGS, WEB  BACKGROUND / OVERVIEW: SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS  HISTORICAL IN-DEPTH: BOOKS WHAT DO YOU NEED?

CURRENT RESPONSES

Mass Media for scholarly research needed to recent very recent topic  Laudato Si released in June – 4-5 months ago  scholarly works take time (write, submit> review, accept, publish)  What else can you use?  Media response (not subject to prolonged scholarly review or printing processes)  Historical background in scholarly books and articles on related topics published prior to Laudato Si can explain the background leading to the current situation

Find reliable web sites  Go to reliable sources of links – dept, lib, etc.  Library Databases for articles on current events:  Current Events subject page from Univ. of MN Libraries  Use critical thinking:  who is publishing the news or blog sites?  What is their authority? Experts? In what field?

Content from public media

Preview of Ecospirituality Resources website

Ecospirituality resources

Website: Ecospirituality Resources

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

Current Events subject page lists indexes

Lexis Nexis search page

Lexis Nexis search for Laudato si

Lexis Nexis search results

MAGAZINES

Masterfile search (news, popular, or current events)

Masterfile – a few search results search = Laudato si

Master File sidebar: use to review and limit results

Huffington Post (not indexed in MasterFile) searchable on site

 RESEARCH QUESTION  PRIMARY SOURCE(S)  SECONDARY SOURCES: SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES  SECONDARY SOURCES: CURRENT RESPONSES: NEWS, MAGS, WEB  BACKGROUND / OVERVIEW :  SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS  HISTORICAL IN-DEPTH: BOOKS WHAT DO YOU NEED?

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Subject encyclopedias  Why use them?  Quick, accessible, concise  Designed to provide background  More in-depth than Wikipedia  Written by scholars  Where can you find them?  Library Course Page  Library Subject Pages

 RESEARCH QUESTION  PRIMARY SOURCE(S)  SECONDARY SOURCES: SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES  SECONDARY SOURCES: CURRENT RESPONSES: NEWS, MAGS, WEB  BACKGROUND / OVERVIEW: SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS, HANDBOOKS  HISTORICAL IN-DEPTH: BOOKS WHAT DO YOU NEED?

Books  Why use them?  Books can reveal historical background  Books can combine breadth and depth  Tip: Chapters can be helpful  Where can you find them?  Library catalogs  Bookstores, online or local

Keyword search results Keywords are not so reliable !

Libraries catalog: how to find subject terms 1. SIDEBAR shows subject lists from results

Advanced search in Libraries catalog  Laudato si 0  Pope and environment 0  Catholic church and environment 3  Catholics and ecology 8  Encyclicals 16

Libraries catalog search results keywords pope and ecology Environmental justice and climate change : assessing Pope Benedict XVI's ecological vision for the Catholic Church in the United States Jame Schaefer /Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books 2013 Available at TC Wilson Library General collection (BX1795.H82 E ) “Ecology and Christian ethics” Michael S. Northcott, chapter 16 (pp. 219ff) in The Cambridge companion to Christian ethics Cambridge companions to religion. Robin Gill /Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press 2001 / Wilson Library General Collection (BJ1251.C )

Libraries catalog: how to find subject terms 2. DETAILS TAB in an individual record

Library research review  Review what you have:  Do you need more resources?  Do you have too much content?  Is it related directly to your research question?  Do you need to narrow your topic?  Are you ready to analyze the content?

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