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AFS/WS 5110Black Women in America
Social, cultural, artistic and economicdevelopment
of Black women in America
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escribe your topic in one or twosentences.
efine the focus of the topic & theparticular aspects to be covered.
topic is: African American women andthe media image
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oncept #1 African AmericanWomen
oncept #2 images
oncept #3 media
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se the word AND to connect aword from each concept.
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his will find articles that have thewords in the citation and abstract
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ith Advanced Search, use OR toconnect the alternatives w/in each
concept.
frican American OR BlackAND
women OR females AND Media ANDImages
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mediaimages
ANDAND
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Journal
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NEWSPAPERS
PrimarySources
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Encyclopedia
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Sources
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ubject encyclopedias are aresearcher's treasure trove ofinformation.
ost of these gems didn't even existfor us ten years ago.
rticles in subject encyclopedias arewritten by experts, give in-depth
information, and usually contain
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ditorials
urrent attitudes
ewspapers reflect what people of aperiod were reading and perhaps
believing
NEWSPAPERS
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ournal
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Refereed materials are publicationsreviewed by "expert readers" orreferees prior to the publication of the
material. Refereed materials are alsoreferred to as Peer Reviewed orScholarly Journals
Non-refereed materials such asTrade Journals or Magazines useless rigorous standards ofscreening prior to publication
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ournal
Articles
Refereed materials are publicationsreviewed by "expert readers" orreferees prior to the publication of the
material. Refereed materials are alsoreferred to as Peer Reviewed orScholarly Journals
Non-refereed materials such asTrade Journals or Magazines useless rigorous standards ofscreening prior to publication
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Journal
Articles
STOR Provides image and full-text
online access to back issues ofselected scholarly journals
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JournalArticles
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ny informational material producedby a government agency (publishedat government expense, or as
required by law).
Federal State Local
Government
Documents
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PrimarySources
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elevance: does the information pertain toyour research question?
urrency: how recently was the informationpublished? How recently has it been updated?Have there been new developments on thetopic?
uthorship: who wrote it? What are theircredentials? Do they cite their sources? Hasthe information been peer reviewed? (Peerreviewed means that a group knowledgeablein the subject has examined the article and
determined it accurate.) Objective: What is the authors objective? Persuade?
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ood searching takes patience.It can take a lot of trial and
error to good results.
LETS GET STARTED!