Exercise 1
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Topic Ideation
Post ideas for your final research projects! Go for quantity over quality, that's what the ideation process is all about.
Exercise 2
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Topic Mapping ExerciseWorking individually, use your topic map to explore conversations around a topic idea. Use the list of databases to the right. Include 1 encyclopedic database, 1 book database, and 1 article database.
Exercise 3
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Two Things
Post 2 brief citations of sources you found that may be useful (or more!). State what kind of course they are (book? article? encyclopedia? newspaper?). Your names will appear with your answers.
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ENGL2A Workshop
Workshop Goals Today
Welcome! In the workshop today, you will have the opportunity to:
1. Identify and describe different types of source tools.
2. Compare the types of sources found in different search tools.
3. Find and use scholarly and discipline-specific information.
4. Learn and practice strategies for topic narrowing and exploration.
Class Slides- May 2019
Exercise 2 Topic Mapping Sources
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Credo ReferenceAllows you to search for articles from over 600 different electronic reference books and also works as a gateway to a very wide array of other information sources, including images, audio and video. It is a really excellent place to begin research with 'Topic Pages' offering authoritative overviews and a Mind Map feature to assist in narrowing and focusing research and identifying keywords for database searching.
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Gale eBooksProvides the full text of over 200 subject encyclopedias, handbooks, dictionaries, and directories.
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OSCAR - SCU Library CatalogSearch the Library for books and ebooks.
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Academic Search CompleteA multidisciplinary database providing access to more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. It also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals. Covers a wide range of academic topics including business, education, social sciences, humanities, science, & engineering. Coverage varies, with some publications going back to 1911.
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Gale Literature CriticismThe full text of over 190,000 essays providing criticism of literature from around the world, in all genres, and from all time periods from antiquity to contemporary emerging authors. The essays discuss individual authors and their works, literary movements and topics, and the social, political, and historical background that provides contextual perspective for the study of literature. Updated continually.
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Humanities Full TextIndexes and abstracts English-language articles in the most important journals in the humanities, from 1984-present. The full text of many of these articles is available online from 1995 forward. Updated daily. For indexing of articles appearing prior to 1984, use Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective.
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ProQuest Social Science Premium CollectionContains more than 1,800 full-text articles and over 14,000 abstracts from scholarly journals and dissertations in the social sciences such as criminal justice, education, language behavior, linguistics, political science, sociology, etc.
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APA PsycInfoArticles from professional and scholarly psychology journals and book chapters, plus dissertations and technical reports. The coverage includes over 1300 journals in 27 languages from approximately 50 countries. 1887-present.
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Los Angeles Times (1881-Present)Full text of the Los Angeles Times newspaper from 1881 to present.