Work in pairs or individually and research a non-traditional, non-mainstream family of their choice that has been represented in the media.
Find, evaluate and apply information from media (e.g., news articles, videos, social media, etc.), grey literature (e.g. government docs, agency and organization research) and academic literature to contextualize and analyze the family through sociocultural and theoretical lenses.
Create a poster presentation.
From your Rubric:
"Uses high-quality academic literature and gray media sources that are highly relevant to the analysis. Integrates these sources seamlessly into the poster, enhancing the depth and credibility of the presentation."
Example topic:
International adoption
Rephrase your topic as a question:
What are some of the barriers and challenges faced by families who have undertaken international adoption?
Now, distill your question into 3 or 4 of the most important concepts:
challenges
barriers
international adoption
families
Possible search in LibrarySearch:
international AND adopt* AND famil* AND (parent* OR child*)
Example topic:
Child free family
Rephrase your topic as a question:
How are childless families portrayed in the media?
Possible search concepts/terms:
childlessness
"child free"
families
Possible search in LibrarySearch :
(childless OR "child free") AND families
No matter what kind of source you find, you need to evaluate the information it contains to determine whether is appropriate, relevant, and a high quality source of evidence to support your research.
Relevance
Authority
Date
Accuracy
Reason for Creation
| Relevance |
Does this source fit my topic?What is this source's intended audience?
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| Authority |
Is/are the creator(s) of this source clearly identified or known to us?How important is it in this case to trust the source's creator(s)?
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| Date |
Is the creation or publication date of this source identified or known to us?If the source is quite old, is the information still accurate or relevant? |
| Accuracy |
Do this source's facts "check out"? Does the source have references of its own? How does the information relate to the other information you have seen on this topic? |
| Reason for Creation |
Why was this source made? Was this source made to sell a product or service, to inform/educate, to entertain, to advocate? How might the intention of the creator impact the content of the source? |
Things to remember when using LibrarySearch:
Sign in to save searches, items, and to request materials.
Use the pin icon to save books and articles to your Favorites for future reference.
Use the filters on the right. You will use Availability, Resource Type, and Date filters most often. Filter settings can be "locked in" so that you don't have to reapply them to every search that you make.
When viewing an item record, scroll down to the Get it (for hardcopy/physical items) or Access options (for electronic items) section to get access to the item.
Helpful Search Operators to Use in LibrarySearch
You can use what are called search operators to search in a way to combine or omit different terms by telling the search engine exactly what you want and this can help you save some time (and frustration!)
Use quotation marks to keep specific phrases together:
"social justice"
"trauma informed"
"social work"
Use AND to combine search terms (LibrarySearch automatically creates an AND when you write terms one after another, but it can be good practice to use an AND to help you understand the searches that you build) (AND narrows your search):
"social media" AND privacy
Use OR to connect two or more similar terms (OR broadens your search):
"social media" OR "social networking"
Use an asterisk to find different variations on a root word:
famil* (in this example, the search famil* will search for records that contain strings such as family and families)
Combines Canadian magazines, newspapers, newswires, reference books, biographies, and an image collection to create a collection of regional full text content.
Full-text access to hundreds of periodicals from 1983 onwards. Topics including current events, health, technology, arts, history, literature, culture, and business, with a focus on both academic and mainstream titles.
Some examples of grey literature:
Grey literature includes research- and evidence-based documents that are written by academic or professional experts on topics relevant to their professions, clients, communities or society in general (and that are not formally published in a journal or book).
These documents are produced by various groups including government agencies, non-government/not-for-profit organizations, industry groups, think tanks, research centres, service agencies, and professional organizations.
Photos:
Contains images from Archive Photos, Canadian Press, Motion Picture & Television Archive, and MapQuest as well as a variety of images from the public domain.
digital library of nearly 1,000,000 images
Provides access to more than 5,000 images.
Over 17000 individual works of art are featured here cross-referenced and linked using Bridgeman's own categories.
Search photographs from the LIFE Photo Archive.
For more information on finding images you can use in your work, consult the Copyright Guide's copyright friendly resources page.
Citing Images in your Assignment
Consult MRU's advisory of image citation in APA here.
Images that you refer to in your assignments must always be cited both parenthetically in text and in your reference list.
Images that you reproduce in your assignment must also be cited in-text with a figure number, title, and a figure note.
Example 1
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Figure 1 Portrait of a Woman by Raphael, 1505-1506. Note. Source: (Raphael, 1505-1506). |
Note: Some instructors allow you to use a typical APA parenthetical in-text reference (as in Figure 1 above) under your image instead of a more formal figure note.
Reference list entry:
In addition to the in-text citation, this image would also be cited in your reference list like this:
Raphael. (1505-1506). Portrait of a woman [Drawing]. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raffaello_Sanzio_- _Portrait_of_a_Woman_-_WGA18948.jpg
Example 2
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Figure 2 Lava the Sled Dog Note. Source: (Denali National Park and Preserve, 2013). |
Reference list entry:
Denali National Park and Preserve. (2013). Lava [Photograph]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/denalinps/8639280606/
If the image has no title, provide a description of the image in your own words, e.g.:
Denali National Park and Preserve. (2013). [Photograph of blue-eyed dog in the snow]. Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/denalinps/8639280606/
Example 3
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Figure 3 The Artist With Their Work Note. Source: (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2019). |
Reference list entry:
Philadelphia Museum of Art [@philamuseum]. (2019, December 3). “It’s always wonderful to walk in and see my work in a collection where it’s loved, and where people are [Photograph]. Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5oDnnNhOt4/
In this case there is no title, so we use the first 20 words of the post’s text as its title (according to the direction of APA style).
Example 4: Stock image citations
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Figure 4 The Ōnaruto Bridge in the Evening
Note. Source: (Kanenori, 2022). |
Reference list entry:
Kanenori. (2022, September 8). [Photograph of the Ōnaruto Bridge in the evening]. Pixabay. https://pixabay.com/photos/landscape-evening-onaruto-bridge-7438429/
Example 5: Integrating your own images
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Figure 5 A Rainbow in Edmonton
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Reference list entry:
My own supplied image does not need a note or source attribution in APA style. My own supplied image does not need a reference list entry in APA style.
(Adapted from UBC, University of Toronto and University of Guelph)
MRU Guide to APA Style for Referencing (2023-2024)
MRU Guide to APA Style for Formatting a Paper (2023-2024)
Citing Images Using Figure Notes in APA Style
