Tiffini TravisCommunication Studies

Librarian

Communication 200Introduction

to

Communication Research

Rhetoric

Citations: elements of a book, article or website

Abstract: Summary of an article

Get it @CSULB: links you to the full text of the article

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Scholarly Sources

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Narrows a search

Both terms appear in same record

Terms have different meanings

example: internet AND socialization

AND

OR

Broadens a search

Either term may appear in record

Terms have similar meaningsexample: (viewing OR watching)

Can look for multiple endings of a

word or plurals

theor* theory theoriesasterisk

ProximityPhrase Searching

Allows you to specify how close

you want your terms to appear in

the record

online w1interaction

“online interaction”

Scholarlypublications

Does not follow a standard format

Published in an academic journal

Contains words like: analysis,

representations, rhetoric, hegemony, popular

culture, critique

References are not all academic

Uses MLA citation style

5ways to tell it’s a Rhetoric Article

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianna_03/2577391361/

RED FLAGS

Contains numbers

or data

Says “content

analysis”

Says “this study”

Is reviewing a BOOK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpHsCQ8tVcM

synonyms

related terms

Select a socially relevant artifact

Background

Information

Genre

Major

Themes

masculinity

film

Motion pictures

sports

Football Factory

soccer

Hooligans

London

Football FactoryImages of Masculinity and violence

Football

Factory

Masculinity and (motion picture* or film*)

Sports and masculin*

Football Factory

Soccer and hooligan*

London and sport* and violence

Football supporters and england

West ham

millwall

Football

Factory

Things to

remember when

researching

Rhetoric

Think in terms of themes, big picture

research, social significance for scholarly

research

Think outside

the box!

Depending on your artifact it might not have

scholarly research

Communication

& Mass Media

complete

Film Literature Index

(1976-2001)

Film Research

Film Literature Index (1973 to date PRINT)

Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective

Music Databases

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

Music Index

Social Significance

American history and life

Historical Abstracts

Socio-political sources

JSTOR

Library

Catalog

Tiffini Travis ttravis@csulb.edu

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