Business: UniSA Online - BUSS 1067: Business and Society - Assessment 1

This guide will help you find relevant resources to support your reflective journal.

Remember to read all the information on your course website related to your assessment to understand exactly what you need to do.

First, you need to understand what reflective writing is. Check out these resources for help:

• Reflective Writing (UniSA)
• Reflective Writing (UNSW)
• Reflective Writing in Education (Monash)

Tip: Even though these resources use examples from different contexts, use them to get a feel for the writing style and depth of reflection.

Each of your reflections will require you supporting evidence using scholarly literature.

To find out more about what makes something scholarly (academic) watch:

• Scholarly sources explained

Before you start searching for scholarly resources, plan how you are going to approach each search. Do this by:

1. Identifying key concepts within your topic or question

2. Using a mind map or table to brainstorm concepts and ideas

The concepts you think of will form your search strategies.

Good starting points for searching for academic references (scholarly information) are:

• Library Catalogue
• Google Scholar

Tip: Access Google Scholar through the Library homepage to find full text articles.

To build a search strategy, you need to connect your concepts. Check out the video and guide below to learn how to do this:

• Plan your search (video)
• Plan your search (guide)

Here is an example using the Library Catalogue:

1. Start by adding each of your concepts into the search box.
   
   ​These are connected using AND by default.
    
2. Narrow your search further by using the limits on the left of your screen. Try:
   • Resource type (try articles or books).
   • Publication date for recent content.
   • Subject (such as Generations).
      
3. Try adding synonyms (alternative concepts) to your search to find different results.
   
   Connect these using OR.
    
4. If you cannot find relevant results, change your search concepts.
   
    

For more help searching watch:

• How to search the Library Catalogue
• Why use Google Scholar

Need help referencing? Follow the roadmap!

The Referencing Roadmap (Harvard) shows you how to reference using the Harvard-UniSA style.