The following handouts are designed to walk you through the process researching discourse communities starting with brainstorming keywords followed by finding web based articles and peer review articles.
To the right are links to help with citation formatting.
BRAINSTORMING KEYWORDS FOR DISCOURSE COMMUNITY TOPIC
This handout discusses the types of research you will come across looking for information on your discourse community including how to brainstorm keywords based on your discourse community.
FINDING FANTASTIC WEB RESOURCES
This handout discusses the impact of Generative A.I. on web search results included best practices for using these new features. Two additional search techniques are also discussed.
FINDING ARTICLES WITH GOOGLE SCHOLAR
This handout discusses how to use Google Scholar to find articles on your discourse community and get MLA/APA. You do not need to use the WOU library databases to search Google Scholar.
FINDING ADDITIONAL ARTICLES WITH EBSCO DATABASES
This handout discusses how to search all WOU library EBSCO databases at once for articles on your discourse community and get the MLA/APA citation for articles.
