Research by Subject: COMM 204: Start Here

COMM 204

Welcome

This course guide has information that will help you with the following types of research:

Developing a research topic
Understanding Sources
Reading Scholarly Sources
Searching Effectively

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Developing a Research Topic

Video: The Research Process Part 1 (Pre-Research) and Part 2 (In-Depth Research, Outlining, and Writing This video to demonstrates the value of pre-research. Learn how to align your initial exploration to your assignment requirements.
Tutorial: Choosing a Topic Background research is an essential component of the research process. In this tutorial you will learn how to differentiate between background and in-depth research, and locate and use background research to refine your research focus.

*Tutorial: Source Types Students will be introduced to a variety of source types that they may encounter during their research. Use this tutorial to help students locate and evaluate relevant sources to meet their research needs.
Peer-Reviewed Articles

How to Read a Scholarly Source

Do scholarly articles mystify you? Click around this interactive website from the North Carolina State University Libraries to explore the structure of many scholarly articles and learn some of the things you can expect to find in when looking at scholarly sources: https ://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/scholarly-articles/

Conducting Research

Tutorial: Search Techniques, Part 1 Learn strategic searching. In this tutorial you will learn the purpose and uses of natural language and Boolean operators to broaden and narrow the scope of your search.
Tutorial: Search Techniques, Part 2 Learn strategic search approaches to navigate scholarly database This tutorial introduces advanced search techniques for broadening and narrowing the scope of a search.

COMM 204

Business & Communications Librarian

Library Hours

e-Resource Problem Report

COMM 204

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