Analyzing Media
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Recommended Databases to Get Started
The following databases are good places to get started with your topic. Additional databases are listed on the Background Information, Find Books, and Find Articles pages of this guide.
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Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowThis database provides full-text articles from over 600 reference sources, as well as access to a wide range of information sources that include images, audio, and video. Topic Pages are informative overviews, and Mind Map assists narrowing and focusing research topics to improve database searching.
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OmniFile Full Text Mega (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new windowA multidisciplinary database providing indexing, abstracts, and full text from six of H.W. Wilson's full-text databases: Education Full Text, General Science Full Texts, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text, and Business Full Text. Also available are full-text articles from five periodical databases: Applied Science & Technology, Art, BIological & Agricultural Index, Index to Legal Periodicals & Books, and Library Literature & Information Science. Indexing begins 1982, Abstracts 1984, and Full-text coverage 1994. Updated daily.
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ProQuest Social Science Premium Collection This link opens in a new windowThis database provides full-text articles and abstracts from scholarly journals from 1871 to present on anthropology, criminology, economics, education, international relations, library science, linguistics, political science, public policy, social work, sociology, and more.
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Statista This link opens in a new windowProvides statistics, reports and insight on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 countries, with content that ranges from forecasts, surveys, white paper reports, and daily data. Insight reports cover the market, consumers, companies, as well as e-commerce.
Class Slides- February 14, 2022
Class Resources- February 14, 2022
Primary Research Resources
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What is Primary Research & How Do I Get StartedConcise overview of primary research from the Purdue OWL.
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InterviewingOverview of interviewing from Purdue OWL.
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SurveyingOverview of survey research from Purdue OWL.
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ObservingOverview of observation research from Purdue OWL.
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AnalysisOverview of analysis from Purdue OWL.
Interview and Survey Questions
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Creating Good Interview & Survey QuestionsA guide to creating good interview and survey questions from the Purdue OWL.
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Question SearchSearchable survey/interview question bank from the Pew Research Center.
Looking Forward Sources
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GuideStar by CandidGuidestar is a directory of US nonprofits and charities. Search by keyword to identify organizations addressing your issue area, and then visit the website of agencies that might provide information about forward-looking approaches to the issue. Note: Guidestar provides a certain number of free profile views. You can set up a free account if you would like to view more.
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Google Advanced SearchSearch by domain, date updated, or precise phrase.
