Communication M.S. (grad students): Home
Useful resources
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Citing Sourcesstyle guides & examples for reference lists (aka bibliographies).
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Knowledge Markethelp with research, writing, presentations, and data
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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
Department Links
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Master of Science in Communicationinfo from the School of Communications.
News
Library systems migration June 28-July 1, 2021: plan ahead!
On February 1, 2021 GVSU Libraries will temporarily stop borrowing books from other libraries via MeLCat as GVSU Libraries change our search software. In the meantime, you can request items we do not own through our Document Delivery service, or pick up MeLCat loans from your public library. Learn more about this service change.
Info about virtual liaison librarian services for 2021
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The Secret Weapon of Good Online Teaching: Discussion ForumsDarby, Flower. Chronicle of Higher Ed, August 24, 2020.
Add your librarian to Blackboard so we can participate!
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Digital Scholar LabCreate an account to explore primary sources/historical texts and interpret via analysis and visualization.
Welcome!
This guide's purposes are to: help you learn more about communication while using information, provide resources for doing research as you complete the Master of Science in Communication, 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, so the resources here will be different from those you might have used in other courses in fields like Writing or Biology.
Annotated Bibliographies: How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography (From Cornell University. Includes examples.) and Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) (A selection of annotations in different styles)
The Literature Review: A Research Journey (From Harvard Graduate School of Education, Gutman Library) (introduction to the basics of conducting a literature review)
Author Rights: FAQ about your intellectual and creative property rights
Scholarly Communication: Copyright, Open Access
Thesis and Dissertation Information from GVSU's Graduate School
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Crisis in Democracy: Renewing Trust in AmericaKnight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy's 2019 report questions democracy, epistemology, media, technology, and citizenship as interdependent issues.
Library Basics
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Databases, journals, & articlesVideo defines each and explains how they fit together
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Resource MarketThe Resource Market has guide sheets, definitions of academic jargon, and helpful links created by Knowledge Market consultants. Use the search bar or browse using the buttons.
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Focusing a TopicThis video shows different ways of focusing a topic for a research paper.
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Building a Search StrategyVideo explains how to develop a search strategy before using the catalog or databases. These concepts are universal and apply to any database, or search engine.
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How to Find a BookThis video walks you through the process of searching for a book and identifying its location.
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Requesting Books, Journals in Print Form, and DVDs
While many articles & ebooks are online, some are in the robotic book retrieval system (official name = Automated Storage Retrieval System or ASRS) behind the Service Desk on the 1st floor.
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Practice Good Information Hygiene: Sanitize before You Share4 quick and easy steps to help stop the spread of COVID-19 misinformation: pause, fact check, search, examine original source. From the News Literacy Project
Subject Guide
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