Course Number: CS101Subject: Communication Studies Please click here for updated instructions for Video Tutorial 3.Five tips for scholarly researchRead your topic question closely to find relevant keywordsClass example: argue for or against ownership restrictions in Canadian MediaRelevant keywords: Canada / Canadian; Convergence; Concentration; Ownership; Bias; Influence; Competition; Media; Newspapers; Radio; Television; Telecommunications; Bell (communication company, case study)Use Omni (from the library homepage) for books, and research databases for articlesDon't start your research by typing in questions; use the keywords you come up with insteadUse specialized research databases listed on the Communication Studies subject page for scholarly articlesIf you have questions, ask meHow to find a focusDeveloping a research question (video 5:07)What are scholarly sourcesFor the annotated bibliography, you will need 10 sources, seven of which should be scholarly: peer reviewed journal articles, academic books, government reports.How Can I Tell if my Source is Scholarly? (video: 4:21)What is a Peer-Reviewed Journal? (video: 1:42)How to find academic (scholarly) books? (video: 3:04)Important search tipsread each source and check reference listsstart early: if you need print materials, library staff can deliver items from other librarieskeep track of where you look and the keywords you usedon't pay for articlesknow how to combine keywords.See: Better searching using AND, OR, NOT (video: 4:24)Books and government documents1) Use the Omni to identify items at Laurier, the Universities of Waterloo and Guelph, and the AnnexStart with a narrow focus, then broaden to find more itemsHint: for Canadian topics, try searching for specific provinces as well as CanadaCheck the facets at the left of the results page to focus your resultsIn each book, check the tables of contents and indexes for your keywordsLearn about call numbersFloor plans for locating booksCheck out books at main floor service deskRequesting books from other librariesScholarly articlesIdentify articles using a database:Communication Studies @ EBSCOhostArticles for Communication Studies and related disciplines. Limit search to scholarly (peer reviewed) journals.Communication Studies @ ProQuest Selected ProQuest databases for Communication Studies.CBCA CompleteArticles from Canadian publications. Limit to peer reviewed.Look for full text links or try the "Get it at Laurier" button for more optionsNeed more articles? Search journal titles to track down references listed in articles and books.News articles and Government sourcesCanadian News @ ProQuestsearch a large number of news sources published in CanadadesLibrisCollection of Canadian books and public documentsOther resourcesCreating an annotated bibliography (video: 3:37)APA style: citation examplesHow to cite in APA style (video: 4:00)Citation style chart showing APA, MLA, and Chicago Style (updated as of 2022)Guide to APA 7th ed style from Purdue U OWLWhat about using Google ScholarBe cautious when using Google scholar; get to know how to use research databases firstAdvantages: largest online index of materials in the world; good if you need to find a source and have a citation; good if using the "cited by" featureDisadvantages: not only scholarly materials - you can retrieve course syllabi, academic blog articles, much non-peer-reviewed material such as "white papers" or "think tank" papers; no way to retrieve only peer-reviewed articles; some predatory articles appear in resultsInstructions on how to use Google Scholar from off-campus are here Attachment(s) Attachment Size additional instructions updating video tutorial 3 460.02 KB