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Literature Review Sources |
Scholarly journal articles via library databases (Academic Search Complete and Communication and Mass Media Complete are the best database choices) | Keywords that help you find articles about media coverage of your event/issue OR of a related event/issue OR of the larger topic related to your event/issue. “Media” and its synonyms should be included in your search. Use Boolean logic (AND/OR/NOT) and other search strategies that you learned from the library module on Canvas. You can experiment with lots of different keywords to help you find two useful articles. | Two articles that represent the larger scholarly conversation that you are participating in with your own study. These articles should be studies about the way the media have covered this event/issue or, more likely, a related event/issue. |
Databases
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowSearch more than 13,300 periodicals, including full text for nearly 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. It features a mix of interdisciplinary scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers and books.
- Communication & Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new windowFull text, indexing, and abstracts for communications & mass media.
- ProQuest Research Library This link opens in a new windowFrom business and political science to literature and psychology, ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to a wide range of popular academic subjects. The database includes more than 4,000 titlesnearly 2,800 in full textfrom 1971 forward. It features a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, and newspapers.
- Lemieux Library catalogSearch for booke, ebooks, databases, and more from the home page of the Library website.
- Google ScholarSearch for articles in an easy to navigate interface.