Keep your question in mind as you read.
As you take notes/make notecards, include a reminder to yourself about how that idea or piece of information relates to your research question.
Reminder: NoodleTools is really helpful for this!From the publisher: Ebook Central provides authoritative, full-text e-books in a wide range of subject areas along with powerful tools to find, use, and manage the information.
An academic or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals are usually peer-reviewed or refereed by several experts before publication in a journal.
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Search the databases below to find scholarly articles - if you're off campus, you should be prompted to log in with your Bryn Mawr Google account.
Tip: When searching a database for scholarly articles, you may want to narrow your results to "scholarly" or "peer-reviewed."JSTOR provides access to a vast archive of scholarly work in all disciplines.
From the publisher: ProQuest Research Library provides one-stop access to thousands of full-text periodicals from one of the broadest, most inclusive general reference databases ProQuest has to offer. Search from a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, and magazines covering over 150 subjects and topics.