It is important to break down the requirements of your assessment task before you start searching for information so that you can plan your approach.
Let's take a look at the subject outline:
Assessment item 1 - Annotated Bibliography
You are required to address one (1) of the goals listed below:
Goal 1: Holistic, person and family centred care and healing in primary, secondary or tertiary contexts.
Goal 2: Culturally safe, trauma-informed quality care in primary, secondary or tertiary contexts.
and then construct an annotated bibliography containing 10 primary peer reviewed and/or evidence based sources.
At first you may feel a little overwhelmed by all of these requirements. However, with some thought and planning, you can come up with a research plan that will suit this assessment task.
Let's start thinking about what terms you will use when searching for information. To do this:
This is a useful exercise because the language used to describe your topic may vary from source to source, and you don't want to miss out on a good source because it uses a different term to the one you are searching on.
Let's use Assessment 1 as an example:
Keyword |
Synonym/Similar term or phrase |
Search tips |
cultural |
ethnic, racial |
lifestyle habits, cultural traditions |
care |
treatment, medical |
medical care, social care, provide treatment |
mental health |
mental health, mental illness, mental disorder, psychiatric disorder |
"mental health", "mental illness", "mental disorder", "psychiatric disorder" |
Indigenous |
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, First Nations |
Aborigin*, “Torres Strait Islander”, "First Nations" |
Write down the key concepts from your topic and have a go at brainstorming as many alternative keywords and phrases as possible.
Tip: Online dictionaries and thesauri can help you identify synonyms.
Charles Sturt University acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands on which its campuses are located, paying respect to Elders, both past and present, and extend that respect to all First Nations Peoples.
Charles Sturt University is an Australian University, TEQSA Provider Identification: PRV12018. CRICOS Provider: 00005F.