1. Students will learn what impact is and how it is measured in pop culture and scholarship.
2. Students will learn how to perform research with impact-oriented databases such as SCOPUS and Web of Science
3. Students will learn how to make mind maps to validate and organize their research for a literature review.
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Bird, B., & Pinkava, J. (2007). Ratatouille. Buena Vista Pictures.
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What do the stars represent on Gusteau's restaurant in the film, Ratatoulie?
When you do a search in a database for something like, anxiety AND depression, and you get 357,000 results -(narrowed to the last 5 years of publication dates!) -how do you know which one is "the best"!? It is overwhelming!
For research & scholarship, this impact can be measured by how many times an article is cited:
SCOPUS
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Web of Science
ALSO:
US Newsstream (All the newspapers in the U.S.!? -well no, but close -400+ North American newspaper titles that you can search all at once) -if you search a keyword/term in 2022, how many times does it show up? in which cities does it matter most?
Google Ngrams: (all the books (give or take a few million)) in academic libraries. If you do a search, when did your key terms matter and what percentage do they show up? For example: when did the term "satanic cult" first become prevalent? 1700s? 1800s?
What is a mind map? How can I use that to organize my literature review, annotated bibliography, or sort out my sources?
For restaurants, one way is to look at the Michelin Guide
For music, one way to find "the best" is to rank by streaming media usage and sales: Billboard Top 100
For websites, one method is to rank by number of searches: Google Trends
For products/services, some methods are top seller, or best reviewed: Toothbrushes at Amazon
