Over the course of the summer, we have been looking at how to perform high quality, academic research in all of the major disciplines IU East teaches. While we started with general techniques usable in any research, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Each area of study has its own quirks and special types… Read more »
Tag: reference databases
Political Science Questions
This summer, we’ve been exploring what goes into good, academic research. And although there are plenty of great basic skills and techniques usable for any discipline – which we covered in the first week – each subject taught at IU East has its own unique character and needs. Here, we’ll look at the sources for… Read more »
English Questions
If you’ve been following this blog, you know we’ve been examining how to do in-depth research in each of the major academic disciplines IU East offers. There’s a lot that is the same for any type of scholarly research, and we started off looking at those general techniques. But every field of study has its… Read more »
Law and Criminal Justice Questions
For the last few weeks, we’ve been looking at how to get the most out of scholarly resources for each discipline taught at IU East, and this week we’ll look at criminal justice. Many of these methods will build off of the general techniques we explored earlier, but some are unique to this field. Like… Read more »
Education Questions
These last few weeks, we’ve been exploring where and how to do deep, scholarly research in the various disciplines, and this week we will look at education. Building off the general techniques we explored earlier, there are a lot of great sources for education research, and tools that meet the unique needs of teachers-to-be. For… Read more »
Nursing Questions
Recently, we looked at how to do basic research. Those techniques will serve you well any time you’re searching for information, but if you’re doing nursing research, there are several great tools available to you at IU East that will help you with this very specialized topic. Medicine is one of the fields where reliance… Read more »
Business Questions
Last week, we looked at basic research. But there are specialized tools for each academic discipline at IU East. And while the basic searching techniques work in most databases, if you’re majoring in business and economics, you’ll want to use economics-oriented databases. Fortunately, there are plenty of great sources for business news and research articles,… Read more »
Starting to Research
Whether you’ve been a student for a long time or are just getting started, knowing how to do good research can be a challenge. You’re probably great at finding movie times with Google, browsing Wikipedia for quick information, and maybe you even do your shopping or banking online. So you know that you’re good with… Read more »
Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the theme this year is ‘Mind Your Health’, a look at how mental health works as a component of overall health. The mind and the body influence each other, and caring for one benefits the other. That’s a principle that education has long espoused – physical education… Read more »
Renewal for a new year
A new year typically includes a myriad of “best” lists. Databases that are useful enough to be renewed for another year seem deserving of inclusion on a list, so here is a selection. All these resources and more can be accessed via the A-Z list (http://iue.libguides.com/A-ZList) using your IU East credentials. Anytime you need help… Read more »