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MIT 2100FResearch Help for your Final Essay
Marni HarringtonFIMS & 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
MIT 2100F Final Essay
What’s required?
Croteau & Hoynes (course textbook)
Course Readings (on reserve at Weldon)
Minimum of 4 Scholarly Readings
Course Reserves
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
Scholarly books?
Scholarly books?
Scholarly background research?
Scholarly periodicals?
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?
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?
Research Process
Determine what I already know
Find background info
Search catalogue for books
Search databases for journal articles
Determine what you know
Croteau & Hoynes textReadings on reserveOther courses
Find background information
Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Start with Western Libraries Homepage
www.lib.uwo.ca
Background information
Browse by Program Pages
Al Jazeera
In Print
Scholarly Resources
Finding Books, Chapters & Essays
Search Western Libraries Catalogue:KeywordSubjectTitleAuthor
Catalogue Search
Al Jazeera
Scholarly Resources
Databases
All databases look different , but act similarly
Many ways to access Browse by Program Databases by Title
Al Jazeera
Scholarly Resources
Scholarly Resources
Google Scholar
Scholarly Resources
Looking for scholarly research resources takes time…
Important to continually revise your search strategy as you go
Don’t wait until the last minute!
Acknowledge your sources
The final, but most important step in the research process…
No matter what you do (take an idea or borrow an example), you cannot fail to acknowledge another persons work.
Taking Ideas That Aren’t Yours
INNAPPRORIATE FOR ALL AGES
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Cite your sources
• Many citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago)
• Choose one, and stick with it
• Help is available:
Citation guides on Browse by Program pages
In print (multiple copies of style manuals at various libraries across campus)
In person at the Research Help desk
Cite your sources
A. Croteau, D., & Hoynes, W. (2006). The business of media: Corporate media and the public interest (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
B. Croteau, David, and William Hoynes. The Business of Media: Corporate Media and the Public Interest. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 2006. Print.
C. Croteau & Hoynes, Textbook for excellent class with Prof. Smeltzer: MIT 2100.
D. Croteau, David, and William Hoynes. 2006. The business of media: Corporate media and the public interest. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
Cite your sources
A. Croteau, D., & Hoynes, W. (2006). The business of media: Corporate media and the public interest (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (APA)
B. Croteau, David, and William Hoynes. The Business of Media: Corporate Media and the Public Interest. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 2006. Print. (MLA, 7th ed.)
C. Croteau & Hoynes, Textbook for excellent class with Prof. Smeltzer: MIT 2100. (NOT ACCEPTABLE)
D. Croteau, David, and William Hoynes. 2006. The business of media: Corporate media and the public interest. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. (CHICAGO)
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