Author Archives: Dinora Yusupova

1. Don’t plagiarize intentionally

2. Use the databases offered by the college to attain scholarly journals

3. Don’t be afraid to use wikipedia – you can use it to find other sources

4. Using AND and OR helps increase the relevance of your search

5. Use truncation if there are different ways a certain word is used to you dont miss out on important sources

6. Use the BEAM (background exhibit argument method) method to organize and effectively use your sources

7. Use the Gale Reference Library for background information on your topic before you form your research question

8. Make sure that your research question is a good one – not too broad, ambiguous, or unanswerable. No double questions.

9. When reading through sources, make sure you write all of them down so you dont end up plagiarizing accidendally

10. Pick a topic that you are actually interested in, and don’t procrastinate!

Lessig, Lawrence. Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity. New York: Penguin Press, 2004. Print.

Yardi, Sarita, and Boyd, Danah . “Dynamic Debates: An Analysis of Group Polarization Over Time on Twitter.” Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society 30.5 (2010): 316-327. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

 Boyd, Danah M., and Ellison, Nicole B. “Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 13.1 (2007): 210-230. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

NewYorkPublicLibrary. The New York World’s Fair, 1939-40 – Treasures of the New York Public Library. 2008. YouTube. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

Facebook. “Facebook’s Privacy Policy.” Facebook. Facebook. 5 Oct. 2010. Web. 29 Nov. 2010

Sisario, Ben. “U.S. Shuts Down Web Sites in Piracy Crackdown.” New York Times. 26 Nov. 2010. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

Background: Abu-Lughod, 1991

Exhibit: Reich, Subrahmanyam, & Espinoza, 2009

Arguement: Alinsky, 1971

Method: Koh and Kim, 2003

Three things I learned today about reseach include the neccesity to research the author of a source, using search sites or databases, such a Google, Google Scholar or Web of Science. I also learned that most well known authors usually have their own website or a website created by where they work. These websites are very helpful because they offer alot of information including what this person’s interest, his profession, his resume also known as curriculum vita, and basically a general overview of his achievements. I learned that I can use Web of Science to figure out how many times an article by a certain author has been cited, which will help me figure out the popularity of his works and how trustworthy they are.

Something I am still unsure about is whether it is still ok to use a source that you like even if you cant find much information about its author.

The subject headings are categorized mainly geographically. They are also categorized by the role of information in society; government policy, laws, management, and economy as well as its aspects on ethics, psychology and etc.