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News coverage

for your Thematic Overview

SOCI 409 HONOURS RESEARCH SEMINAR

https://bit.ly/3XQPMGB

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AGENDA

  • Databases with both news and scholarly content
  • search tips
  • YOUR TURN - evaluate examples and find your own
  • QUESTIONS / STICKING POINTS
  • Real life tips & strategies
  • Citing those news articles: Chicago style
  • REMINDER & homework for next week: Zotero
  • News-only databases / Historical News databases

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Susie Breier (she/her)�Sociology Librarian

AskSusie Office Hours

on Zoom and in H-1132�Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 pm�

& AskUs Desk Fridays 3-5 pm

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Find me on the website:

  • concordia.ca/library/guides/sociology�
  • Google: �concordia library sociology�
  • Email: susie.breier@concordia.ca

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YOUR TASK

Find a topic that has been adequately addressed both in the news – i.e., legacy, reliable, mainstream media – and the scholarly literature.

LIBRARY TOOLS:

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  • news databases�
  • scholarly article databases�
  • databases that combine both

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Databases combining scholarly sources & major news sources

Shortcut? TRY THESE!�Databases combining scholarly sources & major news sources

  • ProQuest Combined Canadian

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find all these sources & more on the SOAN 820 page

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search tips

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Search in the title

(headline) for news

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Add limits relevant to to your context

WC(>600)

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NEWS-FOCUSED sample #1

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don’t forget the limits

WC(>600)

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NEWS-FOCUSED SEARCH sample #2

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add those limits

WC(>600)

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scholarly article searches

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SCHOLARLY-FOCUSED SEARCH sample #1

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SCHOLARLY-FOCUSED SEARCH sample #2

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use

DIFFERENT limits

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YOUR TURN:�evaluating/selecting news articles

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my SEARCH RESULTS �take a look at each of these

�Unschool days: With no teachers or tests, unschooling is the radical twin of homeschooling

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Is homeschooling socially harmful?

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What are some relevant details to look at when evaluating those two articles and considering them for inclusion in your 8-10?

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Comparing news and scholarly

Comparing news and scholarly sources:

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news sources: �

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  • use keywords reporters or debaters would use

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  • you may need to reduce your scope - by date, region, or a more specific ‘subtopic’ for example

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scholarly sources:

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  • not many simple pro/con articles�
  • use keywords scholars or academics would use

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  • you will likely find far fewer articles on your topic, may need to expand/adapt your scope

For deeper/broader thinking about this and more, see our Critical Toolkit for Navigating Information segments:� Choosing your search tool and Inclusive Voices

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YOUR TURN�test your topic

Try to find:�

news articles

  • and CHECK IN WITH US on at least one�

scholarly articles

  • just to make sure there are some

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QUESTIONS?

STUCK?

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Where can you find/learn more about your topic?

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CITING THOSE ARTICLES

IN CHICAGO STYLE

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Concordia Guide:

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More Chicago style guides

library.concordia.ca/help/citing/?guid=chicago

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Chicago style Examples: IN TEXT CITATION

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Akrami (2014) claims that “climate change scares people” (65).

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Lengthy features in both the Globe & Mail and the Ottawa Citizen include extensive interviews with satisfied and successful unschoolers (Smith 2020; Doe 2015)

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Chicago style Examples: NEWS REFERENCES (with url)

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Worthen, Molly. 2020. “The Promise of ‘Unschooling.’” New York Times, September 27. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/opinion/sunday/unschooling-homeschooling-remote-learning.html

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Anonymous. 2021. “Is Homeschooling Socially Harmful?” THE DEBATE. New Internationalist (Oxford, Canada), April. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2488113596/abstract/FEAA954C99724415PQ/1?sourcetype=Magazines

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Karnasiewicz, Sarah. 2005. “Unschool Days: With No Teachers or Tests, Unschooling Is the Radical Twin of Homeschooling.” The Ottawa Citizen, October 8. https://www.proquest.com/docview/240899787/abstract/826D1A0B5E3549D2PQ/1

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Keeping track of and citing your articles: Zotero

  • needed for next week: register & install.

Instructions:�https://bit.ly/3Luglul

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More options for news and scholarly articles

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more tools to search for

scholarly/sociological sources

  • Google scholar (try adding sociology to your search)�
  • Sociology-specific:
    • SocINDEX

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News-only databases comparison:�ProQuest Newsstream Databases �vs Factiva

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News-only databases

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ProQuest News Databases: Search Interface and search fields

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ProQuest News Databases: Options for limiting your search

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Factiva search interface: date and source

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Factiva search: more search options and limiters

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Factiva search: more options and headline seaching

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News-only: summary search tips

FACTIVA (more sophisticated and complicated)

  • **START by clicking Switch Factiva
  • Unusual/unfamiliar search interface
  • Under “More Options” you can search for terms in “Headline and Lead Paragraph”
  • Change the date range default (3 months)
  • Explore subjects: by keyword or by category (ex: Analyses, Commentaries, Page One Stories)
  • Select sources: by name or by category (ie Type: newspapers)

PROQUEST NEWSSTREAM�

    • Familiar “Advanced Search” boxes
    • Drop-down “search in” menu options such as title (which means headline)
    • Select source option: ie Newspapers, Magazines
    • Limit your search with options such as: document type (ie news)
    • Use Select Databases tool to combine Canadian, US and International news

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