COMM 376 Theory of Communication and Rhetoric

Finding research on a theory• Use References listed in textbook

• Search by author’s last name in EBSCOhost or FirstSearch databases (if name is relatively unique)

• Use new database Communication & Mass Media Complete, which replaces CommSearch

• Browse, explore the literature in communication journals for a likely topic/theory

• Find websites for background info (use Library’s Major Topics: Communication page)

or, in print journals:

www.ithaca.edu/library/htmls/scholar.html

library.gc.cc.fl.us/

How to Identify a Scholarly Article

library.gc.cc.fl.us/

Library home page at: www.keene.edu/library/

Search topic in both ASP and CMMC for best results

If you connect from off campus, you will get this page:

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New CMMC Database

Brainstorming for keywords

• Use a thesaurus

• Use database specific thesauri (available in some databases)

• Find one article that’s on your topic, and look through it for short phrases and words that are repeated, in the descriptor field, etc.

To Print

PDF Full Text

PDF print:

Make sure “Print as image” is checked.

The bottom of the first page of article:

REMEMBER:The new Communication & Mass Media Complete database replaces what was formerly known as CommSearch as of Jan. 2004.

Back to library’s Communication page:

PerAbs and WilsonSelectPlus are good sources in FirstSearch, links to both are on the library’s Communication page

Dozens of other databases are available in FirstSearch

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Getting Articles in Journals

• If article entry in database has a link to “HTML Full Text” or “PDF Full Text”, clicking on the link will bring up the article. You can then print or save it.

• If there is no link for Full Text, look for a message stating “KEENE STATE COL” or “KSC’s Mason Library subscribes to this title.” Your next step is to find the call number for the periodical, retrieve it from the shelf, and make a photocopy of it.

Call numbers for journal titles are found in 3 places:

1. In Keene-Link, the online catalog. Search by Title:

Call Number to find journal

2. Red binders located in various places on the Library’s 1st floor. Red binders list ONLY the periodicals we have in hardcopy.

Call numbers for journal titles are found in 3 places:

3. The list of Communication journals on your handout has their call numbers!

Call number is here

Using InterLibrary Loan

1. Use links to “Request article” in EBSCOhost databases.

2. Use links for “ILL” in Firstsearch Databases.

3. Use Interlibrary Loan links for KSC patrons on Keene-Link main page.

4. Fill out paper forms in Library, at Reference Desk.

Articles unavailable elsewhere (in the library or online)

can be requested through InterLibrary Loan.

This form is attached to citation for article, automatically.

Similar forms are available in other database services, such as FirstSearch and Keene-Link.

Click on title

Detailed record provides abstract of article

Click on ILL button to request article

Interlibrary Loan page with request forms

www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Kept at the Reference Desk,Call number is BF76.7 .P83 2001

How to prepare for asking for help from librarians.

• Look through textbook, communication journals for topic, theory, references

• Read through Library handout, “Information Sources for Communication”

• View this PowerPoint, located on the web at www.keene.edu/library/comm376.ppt

• Brainstorm for keywords; write them down

• Use EBSCOhost’s Academic Search Premier, and Communication & Mass Media Complete to find one good article on topic

• Bring the article and written keywords to Reference Desk during Reference hours