POL 2156 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Proquest, American Political Science Review, Academic Journal
13 Dec 2013
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Causal model, definition and indications come from literature review. Literature review comes from our political theory. Remember the link before you begin searching the literature. Authors (for an article) journal name, volume, issue, page numbers, date: (for a book) publisher, city, date: Summary (sample, methods, variables, questionnaire items, findings): Search by boolean connectors and, or, not etc. Government documents uottawa is a depository. Books and reference works are useful, but most contemporary social science research is found in professional journals, most of which are published quarterly. Scholarly journal articles and those in news and opinion magazines are indexed in a variety of paper and online periodical indexes. Consult political studies library homepage for hints and tips. Other search engines you can use to locate articles: Scholarly articles and news articles are found online. Careful with authenticity lots of fakes out there. Most recent development in library research has been the increase vailability of full-text material online.
