Library Guides: COMM170/171 College Communications 2: Start Here

COMM 170/171 Video Research Guides

General Introduction to Centennial Libraries
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Part 1: Getting Started & Finding Background Info
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Part 2: Strategic Searching & Finding More Help
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Learning Outcomes

1. Information Has Value

You will practice proper attribution and citation in APA, so to learn to give credit to the original ideas that you will use in your research essay.

2. Research as Inquiry

You will formulate an appropriate scope of investigation, so to have ideas of the type of additional sources you will need to effectively write your research essay.

3. Searching as Strategic Exploration

You will identify a list of keywords specific to your topic in order to retrieve relevant books and articles in a library database for your research assignment.

Top Picks

Academic Search Premier
General academic database covers social sciences, humanities, pure and applied science, education, and multi-cultural studies. Full-text and peer-reviewed content.
Canadian Points of View Reference Centre
Access magazines, newspapers, radio and television news transcripts, primary source documents, reference books and videos on current Canadian issues.

Statistics Canada
Search Statistics Canada website by subject and find publications on a variety of topics including social issues, women rights, race issues, climate change, crime, and more.