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HASS 103: Writing and Communications Colloquium Library Guide

This guide will help students get started with their research.

Recognizing Source Types

Type of information

Where found

Examples

Who writes it

What they do

Why they do it

(in addition to it being their job)
SCHOLARLY/
ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Scholarly journals

Nature

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Conference proceedings

International Wolf Symposium 2022

Scholarly books

Wolves on the Hunt (Mech, et al. 2015)

Researchers at academic institutions

 

Corporate research and development departments

 

Government agency researchers

Original experiments

 

Reviews of the field

To inform those in their (sometimes very narrow) field

 

Academic promotion
TRADE/
PROFESSIONAL NEWS

Trade journals/magazines

Forest Machine Magazine
“Written by loggers for loggers”

Forestry Journal
“Committed to supporting the forestry industry since 1994”

Professional journalists working for trade associations

 

Practitioners (those who do the job)

News, trends and current practices in a field or profession

To inform those on the job
CURRENT EVENTS & FEATURES

Newspapers

New York Times (Wolves topic)

Magazines

National Geographic

Professional journalists

 

Opinion/editorial writers

 

Feature writers

Current events

 

Opinion pieces

To inform the general public

Print & Digital Resources in the Library

Format

How & Where to Find Them

In the LIBRARY BUILDING or on the WEBSITE
PRINT BOOKS

HOW: Library Catalog

Search for specific titles with quotation marks around the full title. This will show you if we have access to it or not, and if not, you can request the item through Interlibrary Loan.
 

WHERE:

  • Second floor
    • Bookshelves
    • Reference spinner (near study rooms)
  • First floor
    • New books spinner (Great Hall)
    • Textbooks (Circulation Desk)
EBOOKS

HOW: Library Catalog

Search for specific titles with quotation marks around the full title.


WHERE: A-Z Databases list

Ebooks are accessible through Library subscription databases and readable through your browser.
PERIODICALS

Journals, Newspapers & Magazines

HOW: Journal Finder

Use the Journal Finder tool to search for for subscription and access information by title.


WHERE:
ARTICLES

HOW: Library Catalog

Search for specific titles with quotation marks around the full title. This will show you if we have access to it or not, and if not, you can request the item through Interlibrary Loan.


WHERE: A-Z Databases list (unless very old, in which case: third floor journal archives)
DATABASES

HOW & WHERE: A-Z Databases list

Find them listed alphabetically or use the subject pulldown menu to narrow to those best for your subject.