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Library Workshop Part 2

SSDB 220: Introduction

to Theories of Sexuality

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YOUR UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS: ��which parts relate the library, library help, and these SLIDES?

SAMPLE FOOTER TEXT

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Critical Thinking group assignment: library help

For this assignment, you will work in groups….

Each of the group members will find a scholarly article on the topic of your choice

use academic journals such as Sexualities, GLQ, Psychology & Sexuality, Journal of the History of Sexuality, Signs, Journal of Sex Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Sexuality & Culture, Trans Studies Quarterly, etc.

…choose an article that briefly explains the article’s main argument, outlines its theoretical framework…. �

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*TIP: to find these journals and more, see the list of Sexuality Studies Journals

*these articles, for example, one by Rupp and one by Samudzi, clearly outline their theoretical framework/approach

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Annotated Bibliography

In your Proposal, you have already included your preliminary bibliography of five academic peer-reviewed sources. You can continue working on the same sources or modify your bibliography, if you find alternative sources are more relevant or interesting.�

What is important is that you have five academic sources (journal articles or book chapters) that are directly related to your topic and help to answer your main research question.�

Annotated bibliography includes two parts:

  1. Full bibliographical citation of the source in any style of your choice (Chicago, MLA, APA, etc.).
  2. Annotation, a short description of the source’s main argument and its relevance to your topic.

Your annotation will be about 200 words. It must include a brief summary of the article or book chapter with clearly identified theoretical approach, main argument and conclusions (approx. 50 words). It must also include a detailed description (about 150 words) of the relevance of this particular source to the key research questions and the main argument of you Final Paper roposal / Outline. This is the most important component of the assignment that demonstrates that you have a strong knowledge of the source and understand how it can be used in the analysis of a particular topic in sexuality studies.

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LET’S JUMP RIGHT IN

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES using ZOTERO

DEMO & PRACTICE

  • ZOTERO basic instruction SLIDES

  • *QUICK VIDEO: ZOTERO ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY(from RIT Libraries)

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES - FORMAT

  • Lots of library help guides to choose from:

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Annotated Bibliography HELP GUIDE

  • How to write an annotated bibliography includes APA example with format

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�Annotated Bibliography FORMAT�-more GUIDES & EXAMPLES

From the Purdue OWL Writing Lab:

Detailed Instructions on format:

  • APA Citation Guide: Annotated Bibliography (University of Nevada, Reno)
    • see the section: Basic Tips for Formatting

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JOURNAL ARTICLE: APA

Maak, T. (2007). Responsible leadership, stakeholder engagement, and the emergence of social capital. Journal of Business Ethics, 74, 329-343. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-007-9510-5

This article focuses on the role of social capital in responsible leadership. It looks at both the social networks that a leader builds within an organization, and the links that a leader creates with external stakeholders. Maak’s main aim with this article seems to be to persuade people of the importance of continued research into the abilities that a leader requires and how they can be acquired. The focus on the world of multinational business means that for readers outside this world many of the conclusions seem rather obvious (be part of the solution not part of the problem). In spite of this, the article provides useful background information on analysis of a public servant.

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES: CONTENT

Questions about your assignment instructions?

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TODAY

  • ZOTERO & ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES�
  • CITING & REFERENCES for bibliographies & papers�
  • RECAP & REVIEW from last library workshop�
  • SEARCHING FOR TOPICS & ADJUSTING�
  • EVALUATING SOURCES: scholarly & beyond

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Citing, Citation Formats & References

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but why do we care so much about citing??

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CASE STUDY: Vocational awe

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Thoughts about citing and citational practices

I believe that bibliographies and endnotes and references and sources are alternative stories that can, in the most generous sense, centralize the practice of sharing ideas about liberation and resistance and writing against racial and sexual violence. �Katherine McKittrick, "Footnotes (Books and Papers Scattered about the Floor)", Dear Science and Other Stories, 2021

This is a challenge for all of us:  Reflect on the way you approach referencing the work of others in your own writing, presenting and thinking. Whose work do you build on to make arguments ... Who are you citing, and why do you cite them (and not others)?�Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang, Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández,"Citation Practices" Critical Ethnic Studies, April 2015

See also, from our Critical Information Literacy Toolkit: Who's Citing Whom and Inclusive Voices

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MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT CITING

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CITATION BASICS

Next set of slides adapted from those of Aeron MacHattie​, Teaching & Research Librarian

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HOW, WHEN & WHERE ��TO CITE

HOW

  • Use only one citation style per paper/assignment
  • Use automatic citation generators (optional)
  • Identify what your source is before you cite it
  • Use a citation style guide (APA, MLA , Chicago)

WHEN

  • Information or facts that are not common knowledge
      • ex. the Eiffel tower is in Paris vs. the Eiffel tower receives 7 million visitors per year
      • both “direct quotes” and paraphrasing

WHERE

  • In-text citations at the end of the sentence
  • End-of-text citations in a list of sources (References/Bibliography)

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REMINDER:

Use a CITATION STYLE GUIDE!��Examples:

    • Chicago quick style guide

    • APA quick style guide (for articles, books, chapters)

    • More style guides with more details & examples

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IN-TEXT CITATIONS

Come at the end of the sentence where you quote, or at the end of a passage where you paraphrase, a source.

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IN-TEXT CITATIONS: DIRECT QUOTES

Hakkinen and Akrami (2014) found that “individuals are receptive to climate change communications, regardless of ideological position” (p. 65).

APA

Hakkinen and Akrami (2014) found that “individuals are receptive to climate change communications, regardless of ideological position” (65).

Chicago

author-date

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IN-TEXT CITATIONS: PARAPHRASING

People from any ideological background are open to hearing about climate change (Hakkinen & Akrami, 2014).

APA

People from any ideological background are open to hearing about climate change (Hakkinen and Akrami 65)

MLA

People from any ideological background are open to hearing about climate change (Hakkinen and Akrami 2014)

Chicago

author-date

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END-OF-TEXT CITATIONS EXAMPLE:�APA JOURNAL ARTICLE REFERENCES

References

Doherty, T. J., & Clayton, S. (2011). The psychological impacts of global climate change. American Psychologist, 66(4), 265-276.

Hakkinen, K., & Akrami, N. (2014). Ideology and climate change denial. Personality and Individual Differences, 70, 62-65.�

McCright, A. M., & Dunlap, R. E. (2011). Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white males in the United States. Global environmental change, 21(4), 1163-1172.

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END-OF-TEXT CITATIONS EXAMPLE:�CHICAGO AUTHOR-DATE JOURNAL ARTICLE REFERENCES

Reference List

Doherty, Thomas. J., and Susan Clayton. 2011. “The psychological impacts of global climate change.” American Psychologist 66, no. 4: 265-276.

Hakkinen, Kristi, and Nazar Akrami. 2014. “Ideology and climate change denial.” Personality and Individual Differences 70: 62-65.�

McCright, Aston M., and Riley E. Dunlap. 2011. “Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white males in the United States.” Global environmental change 21, no.4: 1163-1172.

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BOOK CHAPTERS: APA & CHICAGO

Guillen, R. (2017). Growing Justice in the Fields: Farmworker Autonomy and Food Sovereignty. In D. G. Peña, L. Calvo, P. McFarland, & G. R. Valle (Eds.), Mexican-origin Foods, Foodways, and Social Movements: Decolonial Perspectives (pp.235-250). Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press.

APA

Guillen, Rosalinda. “Growing Justice in the Fields: Farmworker Autonomy and Food Sovereignty.” In Mexican-origin Foods, Foodways, and Social Movements: Decolonial Perspectives, edited by Devon Gerardo Peña, Luz Calvo, Pancho McFarland, and Gabriel R Valle, 235-250. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2017.

CHICAGO

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CITATION STYLE GUIDES

Many more style guides with extra details & examples

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CITATION GENERATORS

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CITATION MANAGERS

Programs that build a database of your research material.

At Concordia we use: ZOTERO

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TODAY

  • ZOTERO & ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES�
  • CITING & REFERENCES for bibliographies & papers�
  • RECAP & REVIEW from last library workshop�
  • SEARCHING FOR TOPICS & ADJUSTING�
  • EVALUATING SOURCES: scholarly & beyond

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RECAP & REVIEW

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past assignments:��WHERE DID YOU GET STUCK?

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WHERE CAN YOU GET HELP?

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Getting help in the Library

  1. Ask Us desk, chat, email or phone

FOR QUICK OR GENERAL QUESTIONS

GOOGLE: ask concordia library

2) Contact your subject librarian(s)

FOR MORE IN-DEPTH CONSULTATIONS….

writing help from

student writing center in the library every Tuesday 12-3pm

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Susie Breier (she/her/elle)Sexuality Studies Librarian

AskSusie Office Hours �on Zoom

Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 pm

AskUs desk Fridays 3-5 pm

or by appointment

Email: susie.breier@concordia.ca

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FIND ME:

  • Google: �concordia library sexuality

  • concordia.ca/library/guides/sexuality�

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�SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR INSTITUTE�LEARNING CENTRE & LENDING LIBRARY

ER building, 2155 Guy Street, 6th floor

Monday-Thursday: 10 am - 7 pm

contact: isabelle.lamoureux@concordia.ca

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TODAY

  • ZOTERO & ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES�
  • CITING & REFERENCES for bibliographies & papers�
  • RECAP & REVIEW from last library workshop�
  • SEARCHING FOR TOPICS & ADJUSTING�
  • EVALUATING SOURCES: scholarly & beyond

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Searching for Topics & Adjusting

SAMPLE FOOTER TEXT

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MY TOPIC

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posts I found about bisexuality and non-monogamy

"One persistent stereotype—and an important one, since it may lead non-bisexuals to avoid relationships with bisexuals—is that bisexuals are...traitors, promiscuous... incapable of monogamy or commitment to one person."

Are Bisexuals Really Less Monogamous Than Everyone Else? Psychology Today blog

"The researchers found that bisexual women, compared to lesbians and heterosexual women, were evaluated as more confused, promiscuous, non-monogamous…. [The researchers] hope that shedding light on this prejudice can help reduce it and the heavy toll it takes on bisexual individuals." ��“Many heterosexuals view bisexual women as promiscuous and confused”. PsyPost

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my emerging thesis statement

  • Will use both primary and secondary sources

  • Should learn more via Google (or other favourite tools) + course readings
  • Need to perform several different keyword searches in library databases + Google scholar
  • Can SEARCH/BROWSE journals

As evidenced in mainstream magazine columns and advice blogs, popular discourses purporting to debunk stereotypes around bisexuality often instead serve to reinforce persistent normative and colonial constructs around non-monogamy.

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Find articles: �USE YOUR �SUBJECT GUIDE

GOOGLE:

sexuality concordia library

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Google Scholar�

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one of my searches in ….

Google scholar

enter: monogamy bisexuality – a few interesting articles, not always directly related to my topic, not all very recent

“CITED BY” SEARCHING:

  • notice article: Bisexual women, non-monogamy and differentialist anti-promiscuity discourses - great but is quite a bit older, from 2005, so: �
  • use “Cited by” link to explore more recent articles, select “search within” and enter additional terms such as normative constructs - and then limit to 2015 onwards

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Google Scholar: search strategiesBoolean operators and more

  • use OR for alternative terms

  • use quotation marks " " for phrases

  • DON'T use AND (it is implied)

  • DON'T use * for truncation (happens automatically)

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All about: Google Scholar

  • Huge and multidisciplinary
  • Great for finding RECENT articles and tracing scholarly conversations
  • No “peer-reviewed” checkbox – not everything is scholarly!
  • Lots of theses and dissertations, sometimes harder to find journal articles

** tip: SET UP Google Scholar to access Concordia resources

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Library Databases (EBSCO, etc)

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Find articles: DATABASES

  • Academic Search Complete((EBSCO)
    • Large multidisciplinary database indexing thousands of journals�
  • LGBTQ+ Source (EBSCO)
    • Small specialized database
    • Contains references to articles in scholarly journals and popular periodicals�
  • Gender Studies Database (EBSCO)
    • Database with gender-focused lens�
  • SocINDEX (EBSCO)
    • Database with sociology-focused lens

NOTE: EBSCO databases can be searched combined together. Just click on the database name and you’ll see more to select.

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one of my searches in….

library databases

LGBTQ+ Source EBSCO database:

enter: monogamy – see that most articles are tagged with “monogamous relationships”

adjust: monogam* – get too many results

adjust: monogam* AND bisexual* - worth going through results, can limit by adding another concept:

for example: monogam* AND bisexual* AND stereotyp*

or: monogam* AND bisexual* AND (colonial* OR normative OR construct* OR discourse)

– if there are not enough hits, just remove one of the ANDs

THEN adjust to peer-reviewed and to 2015 onwards only for the most recent 10 years

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library database: sample search

Google scholar: sample search

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monogam* �

AND

bisexual*

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colonial* OR normative OR construct* OR discourse OR narrative*

monogamy bisexuality (colonial OR normative OR constructs OR discourse OR narrative)

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library datatabases: search strategiesBoolean operators and more

AND

OR

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see this handout

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search results - TIPS:

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  • Use Findit@concordia to connect to the full text�
  • Don’t settle for the first few hits�
  • Make the most of those few articles that ARE very relevant:
    • STOP searching and read/skim those relevant articles, looking for new ideas and keywords, authors, interesting articles in the bibliography�
    • use “cited by” in Google scholar

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BROWSE JOURNALS:

Possibly useful scholarly journals

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You can browse/search these journals or collections individually but remember that you can also search these and many other related journals at the same time using our recommended article databases or Google Scholar.

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REVIEW: locating Stuff: Sofia

  • Find what we own: books, videos, articles �
  • REQUEST material from Quebec University Libraries and around the world�
  • Ok for quick topic searches and finding books��
  • Introductory Video:
    • Searching Sofia

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YOUR TURN: get started on your annotated bibliography

Find & evaluate some possible articles/sources if necessary- save the citations to Zotero

Practice writing an annotation and pasting it in the Extra field in Zotero�

Practice using the “Create Bibliography from Collection” option in Zotero to create a sample Annotated Bibliography, and open it in MSWord

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TODAY

  • ZOTERO & ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES�
  • CITING & REFERENCES for bibliographies & papers�
  • RECAP & REVIEW from last library workshop�
  • SEARCHING FOR TOPICS & ADJUSTING�
  • EVALUATING SOURCES: scholarly & beyond

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EVALUATING SOURCES: is it scholarly

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FROM LAST WORKSHOP: Is it scholarly or not?

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Is it scholarly or not? ANSWER

Davies, A. W., Simone-Balter, A., & van Rhijn, T. (2023). Sexuality education and early childhood educators in Ontario, Canada: A Foucauldian exploration of constraints and possibilities. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 24(4), 394–410. https://doi.org/10.1177/14639491211060787

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This article is from a non-scholarly newsletter/magazine published by the American Association of Sex Educators & Therapists. The article is conversational rather than academic and does not report any scholary findings nor use any scholarly frameworks. It is closer to a news/editorial article. There are no references.

This IS an academic/scholarly/

peer-reviewed article. Important clues: Research article published in Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, a peer-reviewed journal according to the Sage journals website. The article has distinct sections such as abstract, theoretical approach, research context, and it reports on the authors’ analysis of data from a qualitative study.

Long bibliography of references.

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Anatomy of a typical scholarly source

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Evaluating/Identifiying

Scholarly Sources

Use this checklist:

…Or this how-to guide:

  • Peer-reviewed journals

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EVALUATING SOURCES:

everything else

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YOUR TURN to evaluate:

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readings about monogamy bit.ly/3Ir3Fm6

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readings about monogamy scholarly?

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EVALUATE those readings: bit.ly/3Ir3Fm6

  1. Identify: 1) at least one scholarly source and 2) at least one source that is NOT scholarly
  2. For at least one source that is NOT scholarly:

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Evaluating Sources - BASICS

  • Authorship: Who wrote/created this? What is the author's expertise or experience in the subject area? What kind of institutions or organizations are they affiliated with?
  • Documentation/back up: Can you confirm statements or claims in any other sources? Does this source refer to other sources?
  • Viewpoint/stance (‘bias’/objectivity’): Are opposing studies and viewpoints also considered? Is there any nuance? Is the author/creator’s standpoint or context made explicit, or ascertainable?
  • Audience/intent: What motivated the author to put this out there? Who are they likely speaking to or hoping to inform/convince?
  • Relevance: Does the source contribute to a more profound understanding of the topic?

Adapted from: General Guides: Evaluating & How to write a literature review

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Evaluating Sources – BEYOND BASICS

  • Privilege: Is the author/creator writing from a position of privilege? Who are subject(s) of their research, and what is their relationship with the author? Who is being excluded or involuntarily included?�
  • Neutral/normal/status quo: is the source upholding normative assumptions and relying on ‘common sense’?�
  • Viewpoint/stance (‘bias’/‘objectivity’): What is your position and viewpoint in relation to this source? Is it challenging any of your biases and assumptions?�
  • Citation vs. extraction: Why are you using/including/citing this source? Are you doing the source justice?

Adapted from: ACT UP – Evaluation method & Citation Practices