Library Research Assignment
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For this assignment, you will use the FIU libraryLinks to an external site. to locate academic sources for your capstone paper.
Part I
Using the thesis statement you previously drafted, locate four (4) academic sources for your paper. (NOTE: theses, dissertations, newspaper articles, and magazines, etc. are not considered academic sources).
Thesis Statement: “Through the utilization of advanced Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and data analytics, crime mapping serves as a vital tool in comprehensively understanding spatial-temporal crime patterns, enabling evidence-based interventions, fostering community engagement, and informing policy development for enhanced crime prevention and public safety.”
- Two (2) sources should address the background and history of the issue/problem.
- One (1) source should describe the importance of issue/problem and what investigation is needed help solve the issue/problem.
- One (1) source must be an empirical (primary) research study that supports your thesis statement or is related to the topic you are investigating. Note that a primary research study must be published in a peer-reviewed journal and should contain some of the sections that follow: Introduction/literature review, method/methodology, sample/participants, procedure, data/results/findings, discussion/conclusion.
Part 2
In a word document, provide the following:
- Your selected topic.
- Your thesis statement.
Next, for each of the four (4) academic sources include the following information:
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- Author(s)
- Publication year/date
- Article title/book title
- Journal name/publisher
- Volume and issue number (if applicable)
- Page numbers (if applicable)
- Library database or webpage where source was obtained
- URL or link to source (doi)
- Abstract – Copy the abstract from the source into the word document
- Write a few sentences explaining how the source/research study and its findings will be utilized when writing your capstone paper.
