Reference no: EM133583685

Research for Emergency and Disaster Management

Engaging with Research

Task Description

In assessment task one, you will explore the research literature of a topic (see scenario below) related to emergency and disaster management and work on developing your research literacy skills. In particular, you will be demonstrating your knowledge and skills in locating research and literature sources (part 1) and analysing these sources (part 2). You must use the scenario below to undertake Part 1) and Part 2).

Part 1) Searching the Literature

Scenario
You have joined a project team, and your first project task is to search the academic databases for peer-reviewed literature that your colleagues will use for a project report. There are two literature areas that are needed for the report. Anecdotal evidence suggests that there has been a shift in volunteer participation patterns, types of volunteering and, thereby, the narrative around different volunteering models. The project report needs to outline how that shift is reflected in the peer-reviewed literature. In particular, the project needs to find out:

Literature area 1) What peer-reviewed literature has been published in the last 5 years about the recruitment and retention of volunteers more broadly (so not tied to any one volunteer industry or discipline context)?

Literature area 2) What peer-reviewed literature has been published in the last 10 years about the recruitment and retention of volunteers in the emergency services/disaster management context?

Activity instructions
Based on the above scenario, you need to conduct and document a literature search (for the two literature areas in the above scenario). For this activity, you are required to use the CQUniversity seven (7) step literature search process, including the search techniques available within each step, to search the academic databases in the CQUniversity library catalogue. You must use the CQUniversity library catalogue and document your search using the table provided in the Assessment Task One Template (see Assessment Tile in Moodle).
You need to document your searches (for the two literature areas in the above scenario) in the table and this information must be sufficiently detailed so that the searches can be replicated by your project team colleagues.

Part 2) Using the literature

Using the literature searches you conducted in Part 1) you must:

1. Select three pieces of peer-reviewed literature (that you found using your searches).

2. Write a short, annotated bibliography for each source using the CQUniversity Annotated Bibliography Info Sheet published by the Academic Learning Centre (which is located in the eReading List).

3. Write a short overview of the actual or potential implications of the three pieces of peer-reviewed literature on the four (4) phases of emergency and disaster management (that is, prevention, preparedness, response and recovery). Your short overview will be up to 250 words.