The literature review was a bit confusing, actually...or perhaps I have written too many term papers in the last couple days. However, I don't really understand the purpose/process of a literature review so, I found it all pretty difficult, and I am not sure why? However, it's obviously something that needs to be done, as was stated in our prompt, for future classes, including our senior thesis. I think that having an example would have made things easier (visual learner, here) but, I did end up Googling some examples so that I could get the flow and look of this review. I am not the best with having a free form assignment, especially when it is an extremely important skill to have; I want structure and direction, not variation in how I can perform this.
Of course, I still have questions about my research question, due to my question not having extensive research on it in the first place. Hopefully in the upcoming years, research on the LGBT community, and LGBT in general, will become a 'safe' research topic, especially the dangers of being a part of that lifestyle.
On the other hand, my gathering of resources would probably be extremely beneficial to a lot of people, and hopefully, encourage more research to be done in this field.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Bibliography
I ended up finding three new articles and books for this bibliography and using three old ones. The new ones I picked were: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Aging, Research Funded by the National Institutes of Health on the Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations, and Development of expertise in mental health service provision for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. The resources I picked were resources that I had not found during the previous weeks. This time, I focused on completely different aspects in the LGBT community, such as LGBT medical providers, LGBT elders, and LGBT research itself.
I have never done a complete annotated biography before, least, I don't think, haha. So, this was a whole, kind of new process. I really appreciated having to do at least one source a week because it made gathering these resources a lot easier, as well as understanding what to look for, what were important aspects to address for my research question, as well as what is appropriate resources for me to use. As well, finding, citing, and annotating all those sources, as well as these sources, was a great learning experience for much needed future reference.
I have never done a complete annotated biography before, least, I don't think, haha. So, this was a whole, kind of new process. I really appreciated having to do at least one source a week because it made gathering these resources a lot easier, as well as understanding what to look for, what were important aspects to address for my research question, as well as what is appropriate resources for me to use. As well, finding, citing, and annotating all those sources, as well as these sources, was a great learning experience for much needed future reference.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Open Access Journals
I have never used Open Access Journals so, this was something new for me!
The first link we were given, gave me no results whatsoever so, I moved on to oasje.com and actually got pages among pages of information. However, most of the journals that were up my ally were focusing on gay and bisexual men, when I need LGBT information. However, these articles are small enough and easy enough to find that I could use multiple articles to kind of, find the sources and information that are true for all LGBT and not just half of the community.
I ended up picking an article on suicide and violence prevention (the article focuses on gay and bisexual men) and had numerous sources, such as the suicide prevention hot line, and the Trevor Project. I picked this article for all of these articles, and the fact that a lot of the information can also be used for other members of the LGBT community, especially the resources.
I actually really liked using open ended journal search engine because the site was really easy to navigate and going through multiple articles was so much easier then reading abstracts; I could read the article in the same amount of time.
The first link we were given, gave me no results whatsoever so, I moved on to oasje.com and actually got pages among pages of information. However, most of the journals that were up my ally were focusing on gay and bisexual men, when I need LGBT information. However, these articles are small enough and easy enough to find that I could use multiple articles to kind of, find the sources and information that are true for all LGBT and not just half of the community.
I ended up picking an article on suicide and violence prevention (the article focuses on gay and bisexual men) and had numerous sources, such as the suicide prevention hot line, and the Trevor Project. I picked this article for all of these articles, and the fact that a lot of the information can also be used for other members of the LGBT community, especially the resources.
I actually really liked using open ended journal search engine because the site was really easy to navigate and going through multiple articles was so much easier then reading abstracts; I could read the article in the same amount of time.
Sunday, April 6, 2014
This is getting easier!
I have had 2 weeks of easy article findings, which makes me feel so much better about my topic, since I can actually find resources for my research question. My research question is: “What effect does being LBGT have on their
health mental health?” I decided to nick the youth part of my topic because most of my resources are only done with 18+ candidates, which obviously doesn't work with my original topic.
This article is evidence on LGBT victims after violent crimes that usually involve sexual violence. I believe this article will really help me analyze the effects that crime, which the LGBT suffer more from, have on LGBT people. I need to get to reasons WHY they suffer from more mental health issues, and violence, especially sexual violence, is an obvious candidate to put on to that list.
I believe that my research skills are improving, since I am able to actually find resources now. However, I am not sure if bending my research question to resources is a good skill? However, I am not sure what I could do instead, since it's not like I could create my own resources.
This article is evidence on LGBT victims after violent crimes that usually involve sexual violence. I believe this article will really help me analyze the effects that crime, which the LGBT suffer more from, have on LGBT people. I need to get to reasons WHY they suffer from more mental health issues, and violence, especially sexual violence, is an obvious candidate to put on to that list.
I believe that my research skills are improving, since I am able to actually find resources now. However, I am not sure if bending my research question to resources is a good skill? However, I am not sure what I could do instead, since it's not like I could create my own resources.