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encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

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Sociological Abstracts
This database abstracts and indexes the international literature of sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
America: History and Life
Provides access to scholarly literature from journals, dissertations and book and media reviews on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
Gender Watch
Access to over 300 titles (over 250 in full text) that focus on women and women's issues, including academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets, and reports. Some archival material as far back as 1974.

Evaluating Sources

CRAAP Test:

Currency
Relevance,
Authority
Accuracy
and Purpose.

Scholarly v. Popular

A scholarly publication is one in which the content is written by experts in a particular field of study - generally for the purpose of sharing original research or analyzing others' findings. Scholarly work will thoroughly cite all source materials used and is usually subject to "peer review" prior to publication.

POP aim to inform a wide array of readers about issues of interest and are much more informal in tone and scope. Examples include general news, business and entertainment publications such as Time Magazine, Business Weekly, Vanity Fair.

Note, special interest publications which are not specifically written for an academic audience are also considered "popular" i.e., National Geographic, Scientific American, Psychology Today.

A Popular and Scholarly take on the same subject...

Look at the attached articles from Peace and Conflict Studies and National Geographic about Ivory funding terror. how are similar, how are they different?

National Geographic

Peace and Conflict Studies
The Political Economy of Ivory as a Conflict Resource

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Purdue OWL
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources including citation resources.

Practice Research Questions

1. Religion: Was Thomas Jefferson a Christian? Why or why not

2. HUM 212 Research Report (Individual):

Our creative projects consist of two parts: an individual research report and a creative group presentation. Students will be divided into groups of 3-4, and each group will be assigned a topic/theme corresponding to one class period. Within that topic, each student will choose an individual person (from a list provided), and write a 5-6-page research paper on that person, his/her ideas, and the context in which he/she lived. Each group member will choose a different person. As a group, you will then prepare a creative presentation on the broader topic or theme, integrating material from your individual research. In other words, your creative presentation will focus on (or include) the people you researched to illustrate bigger ideas.

Topics/themes are:

The Reformation/Counter-reformation (Class period 3, Oct. 5, 10)- Martin Luther
The Scientific Revolution (Class period 8, Nov. 21, 23)
The Enlightenment (Class period 9, Nov. 28, 30)
The French Revolution (Class period 10, Dec. 5, 7)

3. Nutrition class: research a health trend and compare media coverage to the science.