COM 275: Foundations of Communication Research: Home
Useful resources
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Citing Sourcesstyle guides & examples for reference lists (aka bibliographies).
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Knowledge Markethelp with writing, research, presentations, visualizing basic data sets and engaging with social media platforms and other digital tech
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Resource MarketGuides, definitions of academic jargon, and helpful links created by Knowledge Market consultants
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Government Resourcesdata, census, info about federal, state, & local government, & cool stuff
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GVSU Libraries: for AlumniDescribes resources and services available to GVSU Alumni
Welcome!
This guide's purposes are to: help you learn more about Communication research, help you save time and energy, and successfully complete your assignments.
Each discipline or field of study has different values about types of information and procedures for research.
- COM 275 Library ResearchGoogle doc based on Prof. Jenn Palm's course section
- COM 275 Library ResearchGoogle doc step-by-step guide to doing primary research, based on Dr. Anthony Spencer's course sections.
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Empirical and other Scholarly Literature: 3 1/2 minute video explains primary & secondary sources of information.
- Evaluating Resources: Types of Publications
What do scholarly, peer-reviewed, academic, trade, & popular mean? A 2-minute, 35-second video defines these & shows examples of the differences. - Scholarly Articles
Understand journal articles by comparing them to TV/streaming video episodes
Subject Guide
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- Last Updated: Mar 3, 2023 12:12 PM
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