Comp Notes
Comp Notes is a podcast for college students in first-year writing courses. We'll cover the concepts you'll discuss in class, giving you a chance to reinforce or grow your understanding of them.
Comp Notes
Research: Locating Sources
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Mark Sutton
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Third in our research series, this episode will discuss strategies for locating sources, specifically keywords and search strings.
Additional Materials
- From Choosing and Using Sources: A Guide to Academic Research
- McMaster Libraries' "How Library Stuff Works: Boolean Operators (AND OR NOT)" and "How Library Stuff Works: Boolean Modifiers "",*,()" (videos)
- Robin Jeffrey's "Using Effective Keywords in your Research"
- Prince George's Community College Learning Common's "Generating Keywords" and "Boolean Operators"
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