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SOCI 121: Capstone

This guide supports Professor Lopez-Aguado's senior capstone course.

Exercise

You can "grow" your research with this activity. 

 

Find 1 scholarly article that looks like it has potential for your topic.

  • Find 1 article it cites (the "before" conversation)
  • Find 1 article that cites it (the "after" conversation).

 

Once you have chosen your article, use the article's references list to find the "before" conversation and use Google Scholar to find the "after" conversation.

Example citation:

keywords: "mass incarceration" and women 

Database: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson

Gottlieb, A., and Melissa Mahabir (2022). “Women and Incarceration: Introducing a Gendered Lens into Smart Decarceration”. Social Work, 67(2):155–164.

Article link.