These are my notes for researching my first Grad School paper. This is sure to bore you.
3 basic resource information
demographic information –
popular sources that are as up to date as possible. try Census { http://www.census.gov/ } and local Newspaper information. http //www.downtownlongbeach.org/civic-center
Scholarly – http://libguides.usc.edu/socialwork use the inter-library Loan to bypass paywalls to get to the full articles
community structure – city council
1 peer reviewed article
Look to see what research exists on your topic. check out the bibliography!
Newspaper article from a periodical
popular vs academic
Scholarly academic journal will have a bibliography
Popular sources ( like this here blog) or LA Times, etc will not have “work Cited” or “bibliography”
SCHOLARLY information has been vetted.
about “City-data.com” Long Beach is 90805. Note the Advertisements and this jem ”
City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk.
Website © 2003-2015 Advameg, Inc.”
Google : good for popular material by non scholars
Google Scholars IS a Library Database
