WS 200 Women & Western Culture

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PART II

Find one scholarly and one popular article on a topic in class.

Step 1: Identify your research topic.

Example 1: "Does the media treat women political candidates differently than male candidates?"

Write your research topic in the box below

Step 2: What are some of the KeyWords from your topic? You will use these later in your research.

Example 2:
women candidate* and media
OR
women candidate* and television

Note: Use AND to connect KeyWords.
The asterisk * tells the computer to search for all forms of a word.

Write your KeyWords in the box below. Be sure to connect the different terms with the word and.

Why use "and" between words

Step 3: In the window to the right, click on the "Search for Articles" link.

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Step 4: In the window to the right, click on Academic Search Premier .

Off-campus users:If you do not use Dakotacom as your Internet Service Provider, you must enter you last name and CatCard number in order to connect.

Step 5: You are now in Academic Search Premier. Type your keyword search as listed in Step 2 above (including AND).

Click the Search button.

Step 6: Look at your list of citations (records, or hits).

Step 7: Choose a citation for a popular article. Look at the article length, content etc.

What is the title of the journal or magazine or newspaper?

What is the title of the article?

What is the date of the article?

Copy and Paste ( how )the entire Abstract (summary) of the article in the box below:

Step 9: Now identify a scholarly article. Remember, a book review is not considered a scholarly article.

Hint: You can limit your search to scholarly articles, by checking the box next to Peer Reviewed in the second half of the search page.

What is the title of the journal?

What is the title of the article?

What is the date of the article?

Copy and Paste the entire Abstract (summary) of the artiicle in the box below:

Created by Ruth Dickstein
Social Sciences Librarian