Non-electronic sources (you can request these books for pickup and checkout, or submit an interlibrary loan request for a scanned chapter):
If you cannot find a journal article on Google Scholar, by all means search the UA library website for the article, or navigate directly to the electronic journal. Chances are we will have it.
You can also search directly in a journal. Here are a few relevant ones:
Browzine is a great way to find and save journals in your subject area.
Learn about options for citation management. For this course, you will be using APA style.
1. Don't re-invent the wheel: use others' work to fuel your own research.
2. Let your feet (and fingers) do the walking: physical (and virtual!) browsing can be as good or better than electronic searching.
3. Schedule for serendipity: browsing the library stacks is one of the best ways to discover new resources.
4. Get to know bibliographic records. They are your friends.
5. Don't do it alone: Use library services.
6. Start broadly then limit thoughtfully.
7. Learning about the history of research or criticism in the subject — including the relevant scholars — is as important as (and is part of) researching the subject.
8. Keep a good record of everything you look at (or at least everything you take notes from).
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