Honors 100 Jerinic-Pravica: Library Guides

Note that it is possible to combine general terms for art and specific terms for  adaptations, traits, or behaviors, and vice versa.  For example, a search for dance AND cognition uncovers a wealth of research sources.

Also note that it can be productive to search for information on:

• art terms and adaptation terms in combination:  theater AND psychology
• art terms and adaptation terms individually:  hip-hop AND history

Compare this piece of science journalism (a popular source) with this article from a peer-reviewed journal (a scholarly source -- look at the PDF version).  Just skim, don't read the whole thing closely.  Note the following features of each piece:

1. What can you tell about the authors’ credentials?
2. What guarantees do you have about the quality of the information?
3. What level of detail does the article share?  What kinds of details (generally speaking)?
4. What can you tell about where each article gets its information?
5. Which article seems more impressive?  Why?

Use QuickSearch (the search tool on the Libraries' home page) to find a book and an article that relates to your research.  

QuickSearch is your best option for searching our collection of books.

For articles, QuickSearch is helpful, but there lots of other options as well.  If you think you need something different, let Mark know.