Asian Conversations 110: Global Flow

Welcome to the Library Research Guide for Asian Con 110: Global Flows! It includes information and resources designed to aid you in locating research and managing sources for your assignments this semester.

For research questions:

• Email me at schaez1@stolaf.edu or schedule a research consultation if you have any questions!

For writing help:

• Make an appointment with the Writing Desk for assistance with organizing ideas and improving your writing style.

Slide 1: Asian Con 110: Global Flows Library Session

Slide 2: 

Ann Schaenzer
Research & Instruction Librarian for Social Sciences and Data Literacy
schaez1@stolaf.edu

[Image: photo of Ann Schaenzer.]

Slide 3:

[Image: photo of Ann in a shark costume with other colleagues from Library & IT at the Safety Carnival in Fall 2024.]

Slide 4: What are our goals for today?

• Explore different source types for Project Tea
• Review some of the best encyclopedias to learn more about your topic (Credo Reference and specialized encyclopedias)
• Learn how to navigate some useful international and national news sources (Access World News, Newspaper Source and New York Times / Wall Street Journal)
• Use library databases to find scholarly articles and Catalyst to find scholarly articles and scholarly books
• How to write APA Style in-text citations
• Work time to form your groups and get started on your research!

Slide 5: Let’s look at the different types of sources you’ll need for this project!

Slide 6: Encyclopedias

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Slide 7: Newspapers

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Slide 8: Scholarly Books

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Slide 9: Scholarly Journals

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Slide 10: Scholarly Articles

Slide 11: What is a scholarly article?

Scholarly articles are articles in which researchers share findings from their original research in journals specific to their subject area. Scholarly articles generally...

• Intended for a specialist readership of researchers, academics, students, and professionals 
• Are written by specialists and researchers with expertise in the subject area
• Use a standard format with few or no ads or images
• Present researchers' findings and conclusions based on original research
• Have charts and graphs that show original data analysis conducted by the researchers
• Are peer-reviewed
• Has citations and references indicating an ongoing scholarly conversation on the topic
• Include a bibliography of sources

Slide 12: Worktime!

Some suggestions on how to use this time:

• Find the entries for your topic in Credo Reference or one of the specialized encyclopedias listed on the library research guide
• Look at the bibliography
• Find news sources in Access World News and/or Newspaper Source
• Find scholarly articles in the Library Databases
  • Try Academic Search Premier to start
  • You can look for scholarly articles in a different database from the A-Z Database List or Catalyst (which also has scholarly books) as well!
• Generate APA Style citations for your sources!

Slide 13: Reporting back!

• What did you find?
• What went well?
• What didn’t go well?