This guide was created for students enrolled in Prof. Patrick's COMM1000 - Fundamentals of Communication and Media Studies course.
Library Instruction Goals / Course Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
Assignment: Research a topic of your choice. Cite one assigned reading and two external sources (academic or non-academic)
Select a Response Option
Your class reading
Sturken, Marita, and Lisa Cartwright. Practices of Looking. Oxford University Press, 2001.
Sample search : ADVANCED SEARCH
keyword box 1 = vlog* or "video blog*" or "social media"
AND keyword box 2 = advertis*
Search Modes and Expanders = Boolean/Phrase, Apply related words, Apply equivalent subjects
Limit by Date : 01/01/2015 - 5/1/2021
Sort by Relevance or Date
Limit again by Thesaurus Term = Advertising
Your class reading:
Dow, Bonnie J. “Hegemony, Feminist Criticism and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Critical Studies in Media Communication, vol.7, no.3, 1990, pp.261-274.
Sample search : ADVANCED SEARCH
keyword box 1 = hegemon*
AND keyword box 2 = feminis*
AND keyword box 3 = (tv or television)
Search Modes and Expanders = Boolean/Phrase, Apply related words, Apply equivalent subjects
Your class reading:
Horton, Donald, and R. Richard Wohl. “Mass Communication and Para-Social Interaction: Observations on Intimacy at a Distance”. Mass Communication and American Social Thought: Key Texts 1919-1968, edited by John Durham Peters and Peter Simonson, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004, pp.373-386.
Sample search : ADVANCED SEARCH
keyword box 1 = Whassup
AND keyword box 2 = Bud*
Search Modes and Expanders = Boolean/Phrase, Apply related words, Apply equivalent subjects
Search Tips
What about Google?
There may be good resources available via the free web, but it is your responsibility to look critically at the sources you choose. If you cannot write a citation for a source, then you may not want to choose it for your paper. You should be prepared to defend the authority, accuracy, timeliness, and appropriate context of the sources you choose.
For Business Topics
For Historic Topics
For assignment option #1: Analyze and Debate a Theory
For citation analysis (see who has cited a source)
The ProQuest federated search option (not as comprehensive as EBSCO OneSearch).
ProQuest all databases search. This link will search all subscribed ProQuest databases at one time.
To export a large number of search results, users will have to create an account on ProQuest. Users are only able to request 10 exports per day and search results must be 20,000 or less. Read about how to export search results on the ProQuest Platform here. Please note, there are a number of databases listed that do not support Export Results that will need to be filtered out before users export their results.
Another database recommended for this assignment
Full text of hundreds of journals including current issues. Additional features available with the creation of a personal account. NOTE: We do not have access to all content in this database, and there is no access to non-OA books. Limit your search by selecting 'Only content I have access to' in the facets pane on the left. This database applies non-standard use of Boolean operators. Consult a Fordham Librarian for search support.
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