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GEOG 210: The Political & Cultural Geography of Globalization
How to cite journal articles, newspaper articles, online articles, web sites, books, lectures, interviews, and e-mail. For your assignment, you will be using the Chicago Manual of Style (also see the print at Z253 .U69 2003 Info. Commons Reference).
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News Media Exercise
To find articles for your journal assignments, try the following journal indexes:
Go to Search for Articles to find additional journal indexes.
Research Assignment: People
General Information - Use the following library databases to find information about the people you are exploring:
Search under World News.
Click on "Search" to get to the Search screen.
How and Why they Migrated - Use the following library databases to find information about how the people you are exploring came to be in the place they currently are living:
Living Conditions - Use the following library databases to find information about the living conditions of the people where they currently live and the place they left:
More detailed information.
Global Connectivities - Use the following library databases to answer the following questions:
- How the people have changed the places where they live
- How the people connect the places they live to other places (esp. where they come from)
- How the people you have chosen to explore illustrate the conditions that make these connectivities possible
Research Assignment: Things
General Information - Use the database below to find basic information about the company that produces your "thing" or product such as:
- Is it a public company or private company?
- Is it traded on one of the U.S. stock exchanges such as NYSE, NASDAQ, or OTC?
- What is the address of the company's headquarters?
Consumption of your Thing or Product - Use the following library databases to find articles on:
- How is the product marketed?
- Where is it consumed?
- How is it consumed?
Business News, World News, or US News.
Most articles in Business and Company Resource Center and Lexis-Nexis are full-text. If you find an article that is not full-text (such as the Wall Street Journal), you'll need to search for the article separately. Go to the Library Catalog and seach by the journal, magazine or newspaper title.
In addition, you may also find product, marketing and product consumption information on the company's website.
Manufacturing, Extraction or Production Methods - Use the following library databases to find articles on the manufacturing, extraction or production methods used at the assembly plant:
General News or Business News
Most articles in Business and Company Resource Center and Lexis-Nexis are full-text. If you find an article that is not full-text (such as the Wall Street Journal), you'll need to search for the article separately. Go to the Library Catalog and seach by the journal, magazine or newspaper title.
Global Connectivities - Use the following library databases to find answers to the following questions:
- How the thing has changed the places in which they are used
- How the thing connects the places in which they are made to other places (esp. where they are made)
- How the thing you have chosen to explore illustrates the conditions that make these connectivities possible
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