The document provides instructions for conducting research for a communication course project. It outlines resources for searching for books and articles, including databases and search techniques. It recommends finding rhetorical analysis of topics, using sample chapters to find relevant article citations. The document also covers properly formatting citations and common citation errors to avoid.

1. Commun
ication
301
Tiffini Travis

2. Library
uses
Beach ID

3. Searching
for bOOks

4. Broader search than for articles, add the term “criticism” to your search
Example: zombies criticism
ONESEARCH

5. Artifact

6. synonyms
related terms
Select a socially relevant artifact
Background
Information
Genre
Major
Themes

7. Use this to connect
different variables. For
example:
racism and rhetoric
and

8. Place your terms in
the same search box
DO NOT USE THE “OR” OPTION IN THE PULL DOWN
MENU OF THE DATABASE!!!
Rhetoric or Discourse

9. Use this to look for root
endings. For example:
rhetor* looks for rhetorical,
rhetoric, rhetorician

10. “ ”
Use this to search for
phrases. For example:
“walking dead”

11. 95%OF YOUR TOPICS WILL HAVE
ZERO RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
90% OF TOPICS WILL HAVE ZERO
SCHOLARLY ANALYSIS

12. Finding Rhetorical analysis
USE YOUR THIS BOOK
Rhetorical criticism : exploration and practice / Sonja K. Foss.
Find an article citation at the end
of the chapter of your method
(samples of XX method)
Type the TITLE of the ARTICLE into the big box

13. Searching
for
ArticLes

14. Getting
the
Article
BeachReach
Get It @ CSULB

16. Ctrl+ T
Creates paragraphs
with hanging indents
in Microsoft Word.

20. Common Citation Errors.
1. Part of the citation is in ALL CAPS
2. Every Word Of The Article Title Is Capitalized (APA only)
3. The journal title is not italicized
4. The ending page number for your article is missing
5. There is no hanging indent
Before

21. Fixing the Errors.
1. Change any words that are all caps
2. Make the appropriate words lower case (APA only)
3. Italicize the Journal Title
4. Look at the PDF of your document and find the
ending page number
5. Create a hanging indent
After