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Searching for Sources
Sometimes, the language you use to do a search isn't the same as the language other people used writing that information. For instance...
You might want to write a paper about how movies help shape the global image of America, but find very few resources on 'movies'. So you try 'film', but still don't find what you're looking for. Did you consider motion pictures? Probably not -- but that will lead to more resources, and resources you may have otherwise missed! You can use that to expand outwards. What if, instead of 'Hollywood', you searched motion picture industry?
This problem is compounded when you are searching for information in multiple languages. Sometimes, the best search term in one language will not be a direct translation of the best search term in another. Pay attention to the language that is used, and remember: Research is a process, not a one-stop-shop.
Databases
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ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) This link opens in a new windowThe Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language, a cooperative project of the Institute National de la Langue Francaise of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and the Divisions of the Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Chicago.
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Electronic Journal Center (OhioLINK) This link opens in a new window
Includes the full text of more than 7000 online research journals covering many subject areas.
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Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers the literature about television and film writing. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews. -
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Indexes and abstracts the research literature of modern (1450d- ) world history (excluding the United States and Canada, see America: History and Life).
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to the back issues of scholarly journals as well as ebooks in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, some of which date back to the 1800s. Supports such disciplines as biological sciences, business and economics, education, history, language and literature, mathematics and statistics, music, political sciences and sociology.
*Please note that issues from the last 3 to 5 years for the majority of JSTOR's journals are not available.
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