TBB199 : Knowing and Not Knowing

You can use Ulrich's Periodical Directory Online to verify whether a journal is peer-reviewed/refereed (the epitome of a scholarly publication)

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Examples of Evaluation Criteria:
CRAAP Test - click on "Evaluate Information" (by Meriam Library - California State University, Chico)

Evaluate this article:
Yates, Joshua J. "Making Sense of Cosmopolitanism: A Conversation with Kwame Anthony Appiah." Hedgehog Review 11.3 (Fall 2009):42-50

• Is the article scholarly?
• Is the article CRAAP?
• Is it available in print or electronic format at UTL?
  

Sample Topic: cosmopolitanism and borges

• use synonyms and variant endings of keywords
  --cosmopolitanism or internationalism
  

• use truncation or wildcard symbols
  --cosmopolit*
  --theor*
  

•  use DEscriptors or Subjects
  --Borges, Jorge Luis (1899-1986)
  --Argentinian literature

Research Guides & Subject Guides help to identify relevant article-databases for your topic.
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Examples:
Humanities Abstracts  - Ebsco

MLA (Modern Language Association)  - Proquest*

Philosopher's Index  - Proquest*

Francis - Proquest*

*Proquest resources can be searched simultaneously or individually