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MIT 2100F Research Help for your Final Essay

MIT 2100F Research Help for your Final Essay. Marni Harrington FIMS & Linguistics Librarian The D.B. Weldon Library. What we’ll cover …. MIT 2100F Final Essay – What’s required? Scholarly sources How to find relevant sources How to acknowledge these sources How to find help.

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MIT 2100F Research Help for your Final Essay

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  1. MIT 2100FResearch Help for your Final Essay Marni Harrington FIMS & Linguistics Librarian The D.B. Weldon Library

  2. What we’ll cover … • MIT 2100F Final Essay – What’s required? • Scholarly sources • How to find relevant sources • How to acknowledge these sources • How to find help

  3. MIT 2100F Final Essay What’s required? • Croteau & Hoynes (course textbook) • Course Readings (on reserve at Weldon) • Minimum of 4 Scholarly Readings

  4. Course Reserves

  5. Scholarly Readings What counts as scholarly? • Essays / chapters published in edited books (works of criticism) written by academics • Articles published in academic journals and / or peer-reviewed publications How can I identify these? • Author / editor: affiliation, credentials • Whole package: references, formal language, no advertising or illustrations

  6. Scholarly books?

  7. Scholarly books?

  8. Scholarly background research?

  9. Scholarly periodicals?

  10. My topic • Has Al Jazeera played a role in shifting the power balance in international news reporting? Is it a viable alternative to Western news sources?

  11. My topic • Has Al Jazeera played a role in shifting the power balance in international news reporting? Is it a viable alternative to Western news sources?

  12. Research Process • Determine what I already know • Find background info • Search catalogue for books • Search databases for journal articles

  13. Determine what you know • Croteau & Hoynes text • Readings on reserve • Other courses

  14. Find background information • Dictionaries • Encyclopedias Start with Western Libraries Homepage www.lib.uwo.ca

  15. Background information

  16. Browse by Program Pages

  17. Al Jazeera

  18. In Print

  19. Scholarly Resources Finding Books, Chapters & Essays • Search Western Libraries Catalogue: • Keyword • Subject • Title • Author

  20. Catalogue Search

  21. Al Jazeera

  22. Scholarly Resources Databases • All databases look different , but act similarly • Many ways to access • Browse by Program • Databases by Title

  23. Al Jazeera

  24. Scholarly Resources

  25. Scholarly Resources Google Scholar

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