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English 102 - Rogers: Home

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Our Sample Research Question

How do monsters represent fears of technology?

Understanding Scholarly and Non-Scholarly Sources

Freud, Frankenstein and our fear of robots: projection in our cultural perception of technology

Why we’ll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters

Answer the following questions for each article:

Who is the author? What are their credentials?
Who published this article? What can you find out about this source? (Google it!)
What evidence is used in the article to support the author's claims?
Who is the audience for this article? Why is this type of article valuable to researchers like you?

Developing a Search Strategy

Let's develop a search strategy for our sample topic

Finding Scholarly Sources

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Visit this page for directions on how to link Google Scholar to University Libraries.

Finding Popular Sources

Google
While the library databases do contain some newspapers and magazines, Google is a great place to find popular sources. Just be sure to investigate the source of the information and make sure it's credible. An easy way to do this is to just open up a new tab and Google the source!

Check out this video on lateral reading to learn more about investigating the sources you find on Google.

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Amber Willenborg

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Subjects: Communication Studies, Women's & Gender Studies

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