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This week is the "deep dive" into your project. Following the APA style outline, find resources that support your argument (issues), analysis, evidence, and the theoretical perspective that provides the lens through which your project is viewed.
During this week, if you have any questions, please contact your Library Liaison, Stephanie Johnson (sjohnson10@nu.edu), to review research needs. To schedule an appointment, please go to our Research Consultation guide and choose your librarian and the date and time that work best for you.
The following resources will help you locate empirical evidence:
2. Industry Reports we reviewed last week also provide evidence (financials, tables, charts) that can be used to support your research question. [See last week's links to get dig deeper.]
3.Statista is a statistics portal that integrates data on over 60,000 topics from over 18,000 sources in one place. Statistical categories include media, business, finance, and politics.
For Week 2, you will need to add a search term(s) to the more general searches reviewed last week (see searches below) to focus on your chosen research question. Terms might include: competition, efficiency, cost, customer satisfaction, market, whistleblower, trends, price, analysis, social issues, wages, ethics, employee satisfaction, or economic impact.
Theoretical concepts that fit your research question may be found in your textbook. You might also search the article databases for your topic and one the suggested concepts below. (Example: airlines AND (supply & demand) AND econom*)
When researching a question, don't use complete sentences. Instead, use the most important keywords! For example:
How are mobile devices affecting education?
The most important keywords are:
mobile devices AND education
Use Boolean operators to modify your search. This is very useful when you are searching for journal articles!
Boolean Operators
AND OR NOT
AND will narrow your search results:
"global warming" AND glaciers
OR will expand your search results:
"mobile devices" OR smartphones
NOT will exclude certain results:
cowboys NOT football
Use quotation marks to search for an exact phrase. This will help you find more specific results! For example:
social media = 8221 results
"social media" = 1140 results
Use an asterisk (*) after a set of letters to perform a truncated search. This will find variations of a word. For example:
musc*
will find results containing the words...
muscle, muscular, musculoskeletal, etc.
