Successful
Library Researching in Communication Studies
CJ 250 
updated fall 2006
Develop
your proposal and research plan.
Read
the guide entitled the Research Process
http://www.uwec.edu/library/Guides/resproc.htm
Sometimes a
map or chart helps . . . .
Locate
and read books and journal literature in your subject area by using library resources.
Use the UW-EC library online
catalog
and the Research Resources in the online reference shelf
Search journal / periodical /
professional literature.
Print indexes and abstracts
·
Communication
Abstracts
REFERENCE
Index Table 3A; online in EBSCO ACADEMIC SEARCH ELITE
·
Index to
Journals in Communication Studies Z5632
.I53 1992 and 1997 editions on RESERVE at CRIM desk
Find Articles includes variously discipline-based lists of journal indexes and
databases. Core resources for Communication & Journalism
The library periodicals list is searchable by keyword.
For Current Events
ABI Inform, EBSCOhost Academic Search Elite and
MasterFile and WilsonWeb
Business Abstracts Full Text databases are
good databases with which to begin for reliable, general multidisciplinary
academic resources
Use selected Internet sites from Subject Guides to the
Web
Manage your research: keep it
organized and learn your way around the technology.
Rely on Research
Help and Tips
Copy and Paste . . . Save As .
. .Email/Print . . .
A word about saving HTML and PDF files . .
. .
Evaluate and cite sources.
10 C’s http://www.uwec.edu/library/Guides/tencs.html
Citing electronic sources ~ including using APA http://www.uwec.edu/library/Guides/citation.html
Multitasking: learn to use several web browsers to manage your
database searching.
Ask for help
if and when you need it.
Reference desk hours http://www.uwec.edu/library/ref/ref.html
Ask a question using email library.reference@uwec.edu
updated 10/06