CMJ 601 - Seminar in Research Methods

Your subject librarian is Joe Fernandez

• Use relevant online databases
• Use lists of references in books and journal articles
• Contact your subject librarian if you need assistance

Online Databases

Use the following databases to find resources about your topic

• Communication and Mass Media Complete
• JSTOR - archive of scholarly journal articles
• Academic Search Complete - limit search to scholarly peer-reviewed articles
• Proquest Dissertations & Theses - full text
• URSUS - electronic and print books as well as to locate journals
  To limit your search results to ebooks, click the Modify Search tab and choose Material Type "EBOOK"
• Digital Commons - works by academic scholars 

Some key terms to use in databases

• communication--statistical methods
• case study
• Internet surveys
• mass media--research--methodology

RefWorks

RefWorks is a citation management tool that allows you to

• Create lists of citations of resources from your research.
• Insert citations in your paper from your lists of citations
• Create a list of references at the end of your paper

RefWorks Guide

Miscellaneous

• Communication research measures (West Virginia University)
• Designing quantitative experiments: prediction analysis (Fogler Library ebook)
• A handbook of media and communication research : qualitative and quantitative methodologies (Fogler Library book)
• When to use what research design (Fogler Library ebook)

Where to go for assistance

• Ask at the Reference Desk:  Hours
• Ask a Librarian
• Contact your subject librarian at joe.fernandez@umit.maine.edu

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Created by: Joe Fernandez | Revised: 12/21/2012