The following handouts are designed to walk you through the research process starting with brainstorming keywords followed by finding web based articles and peer review articles.
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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 the advantages of using the Google Scholar link from the library to find academic articles as well as using advance techniques like the Cited By feature and getting the MLA/ APA citation for the articles.
FINDING ADDITIONAL ARTICLES WITH EBSCO DATABASES
This handout discusses how to search all EBSCO databases at once for articles on your discourse community and get the MLA/APA citation for articles.
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