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How to Search for Information

How to Search for Information. Where to start?. A thesis statement A general topic A question. This Assignment. Find 6 sources (using the assignment sheet as a guide) that examine the impact of social media on young people in your assigned country. Survey Resources. What’s out there?

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How to Search for Information

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  1. How to Search for Information

  2. Where to start? • A thesis statement • A general topic • A question

  3. This Assignment • Find 6 sources (using the assignment sheet as a guide) that examine the impact of social media on young people in your assigned country.

  4. Survey Resources • What’s out there? • What is most likely to fit your topic/thesis? • Don’t limit yourself to just websites

  5. List Search Terms • Concepts • Keywords • Synonyms • Related terms

  6. Start the Search • Select a database • Type in the search terms • Evaluate the results • If it looks good, skim a few abstracts/articles • If not, refine the search

  7. Databases • ERIC • Lexis-Nexis Academic • Proquest • Sociological Abstracts • ComAbstracts • Communication Studies: SAGE Full-Text Collection • ABI/Inform

  8. Refine the Search • New database • New search terms • New combinations of search terms • Maybe new ideas • Maybe even new thesis statement

  9. Kinds of Sources 1. Scholarly journal article Usually can specify during search Probably won’t be about your topic Huh? It’s not about my topic? What good is it?

  10. Yeah, well…. • Scholarly articles take years to research, edit, review, and print • Rigorous, serious, detailed, supported • They are still useful as background, overview, context

  11. Kinds of Sources 2. Books Same story as scholarly journal articles Use as background, overview, context

  12. Kinds of Sources 3. Article from Popular or Trade Magazine Current Not as substantial as scholarly Lots of them

  13. Kinds of Sources 4. Your choice! Has to be from catalog or library database

  14. Kinds of Sources 5. Article from a newspaper of your country Lexis-Nexis Academic • Newspapers and Wires • Check Non-US Newspapers & Wires • Click Geography http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ Online Newspapers http://www.thepaperboy.com/ Paperboy

  15. Kinds of Sources 6. A good website • Keep in mind the criteria • Timeliness • Accuracy • Reliability • Bias • Validity • Authority • Relevance

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