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Dr. Anderson - ENG 202

Pathfinder Assignment: Conrad's The Heart of Darkness

Creating a Pathfinder: A Guide

The Congo

Pathfinder Description:

This is not a research paper! Dr. Anderson is a professional researcher, and she is interested in finding out what kinds of information you will discover about your HOD topic. 

What you will create is a list of the books, articles, and other sources of information that experts have written on your topic. You will comment (in your own words) on the "aboutness" and usefulness of the sources that you discover as well as descriptions of how you discovered these sources. 

   
Books - Use the Library Catalog to search for books.

How to get there: (1) Library Homepage (2) Click on Find Books

  • Use the Library Online Catalog to find books in Pearsall Library. You may "Quick Limit" searches to limit your search results to Ebooks, the Reference Collection, etc...
  • Discover books around the world using WorldCat, then order them through InterLibrary Loan.
   

Articles - Use article databases to find articles that have been published in popular magazines & scholarly (academic) journals.

How to get there: (1) Library Homepage (2) Click on Find Articles (3) Select databases by subject

The articles found in these databases contain information that is more current, but less in-depth, than information found in books.

The article database called MLA International Bibliography is a great place to find articles on Literature topics. You can limit your search results to scholarly or peer-reviewed articles. Other General/Multidisciplinary databases like Academic Search Premier or CQ Researcher may also contain HOD articles.

◊ What you will find are research articles that discuss HOD at a high level. Do your best to understand what the articles discuss. Try to answer this question about each article in your comments to Dr. Anderson: What is this article trying to tell other researchers?

TIP: You must let Dr. Anderson know which of your 3 articles is from a peer-reviewed journal. What's the difference between scholarly and non-scholarly journals and articles? Articles: Scholarly vs. Popular

 

   

Internet Source:

Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, Wikipedia, Dogpile, etc...you know the drill. Here is where you can find breaking news. News sources are very brief coverage of events that have happened very recently.

Most professors only accept sources from reliable websites. But which websites are reliable? Use the checklist below to help you decide if a website is reliable or not.

 

Other Guides: Research Assistance:
Subject Guide for English

Citing Sources: APA, MLA, etc.

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