Locating Communication Studies Scholarship

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Locating Communication Studies Scholarship

• Put Together by Deanna L. Fassett
• San José State University

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Communication Studies Scholarship

• Is a written record of inquiry into some
  communication phenomenon.
• Is written by scholars--researchers and
  teachers--in the field.
• Is presented in classrooms, at conferences, and
  in publications.

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Peer-Reviewed Scholarship

• For this class, you will locate peer-reviewed
  communication studies scholarship.
• Peer-reviewed work is
• A report of original research
• Reviewed by experts in the field
• Printed in journals
• Does not include book reviews

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Communication Studies Journals Include

• Communication Education
• Communication Critical/Cultural Studies
• Communication Quarterly
• Critical Studies in Media Communication
• The Review of Communication
• Communication Teacher

• Journal of Applied Communication Research
• Quarterly Journal of Speech
• Communication Monographs
• Text and Performance Quarterly

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Locating Peer-Reviewed Work

• Just start with the Librarys webpage
  http//www.sjlibrary.org

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The SJSU Academic Gateway

• Under research help, select Your SJSU Major

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Communication Studies Gateway

• Choose Articles and Databases

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Articles and Databases

• Each of the search engines listed here may
  contain peer-reviewed communication studies
  research.

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Communication Mass Media Complete

• You can limit your search to full text,
  peer-reviewed articles in particular journals.

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Lets try a search

• Well search peer-reviewed, full text articles
  regarding sexuality. Well also limit for
  journals with communication in the title.

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Yield? 58 citations.

• Take a look, though. Some of these are not on
  the recommended list of journals.

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Lets limit our search to one journal

• This yields sixteen results, and we can be more
  discerning over which of these we want to choose.

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If you dont know where to start, pick a journal
and look through the most recent articles until
you find something compelling.