comm studies rhetoric

1. Commun
ication
301
Tiffini Travis

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5. What’s new?
1. Most important links are under big
search box
2. Big search box replaces our old
library catalog
3. You can now get items from every
single CSU Campus

6. Searching
for bOOks

7. Contains the databases: SocIndex, Sociological Abstracts, Psycinfo and ERIC
ONESEARCH

8. Artifact

9. synonyms
related terms
Select a socially relevant artifact
Background
Information
Scholarly research
Genre
Major
Themes

10. Use this to connect
different variables. For
example:
racism and rhetoric
and

11. Place your terms in
the same search box
DO NOT USE THE “OR” OPTION IN THE PULL DOWN
MENU OF THE DATABASE!!!
or
Rhetoric or Discourse

12. Use this to look for root
endings. For example:
rac* looks for racial,
race, races,

13. “Quotes”
Use this to search for
phrases. For example:
“social dating”

14. 95%OF YOUR TOPICS WILL HAVE
ZERO RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
90% OF TOPICS WILL HAVE ZERO
SCHOLARLY ANALYSIS

15. Finding Rhetorical analysis
USE YOUR THIS BOOK
Rhetorical criticism : exploration and practice / Sonja K. Foss.
Find an article citation at the end
of the chapter of your method
(samples of XX method)
Type the TITLE of the ARTICLE into the big box

16. Searching
for
ArticLes

17. Getting
the
Article
PDF
BeachReach
Get It @ CSULB

18. Citing with EBSCOHOST
Click here to get
the APA Citation
formatted

19. Ctrl+ T
Creates paragraphs
with hanging indents
in Microsoft Word.

20. Click on Get It @ CSULB

21. Links to the OneSearch Page

22. Takes 48-72 HOURS
We deliver it to you via link in
your email
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23. Common Citation Errors.
1. Part of the citation is in ALL CAPS
2. Every Word Of The Article Title Is Capitalized (APA only)
3. The journal title is not italicized
4. The ending page number for your article is missing
5. There is no hanging indent
Before

24. Fixing the Errors.
1. Change any words that are all caps
2. Make the appropriate words lower case (APA only)
3. Italicize the Journal Title
4. Look at the PDF of your document and find the
ending page number
5. Create a hanging indent
After

25. Tiffini Travis
tiffini.travis@csulb.edu
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Professors name and
name in the subject line!