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300-300-MS: Introduction to Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Advanced Library Research Skills Assignment
Name: Jordana Goldstein Teacher: Click here to enter text.
Section No.: Click here to enter text. Date Due: 28th October

To review the material covered in this assignment, please consult http://libguides.marianopolis.edu/resmethssc

In-person help is available at the Reference Desk (Monday to Friday, 7:30 a.m. – 5 p.m). You can also chat live
(Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.) with a librarian by clicking on the “Chat live with Library staff” button on the
Library page of the Marianopolis Website, or click the “Submit a question” button anytime to get a response within 24
hours, Monday to Friday.

1. CREATE A RESEARCH PLAN

Part 1 of the Library Session (password: Research Methods) reviews what we covered in class.
a. Type out your preliminary topic and put (parentheses) around the core concepts (the 2-3 words that clearly
describe your topic):
Example: How do (young) (voters) view (political campaigns) in (social media)?

How does (Disney) represent the concept of (love) throughout its (animated films)?

b. Find synonyms for each of these concepts, where possible:

Concept Synonyms

Example: young Example: teen, teens, teenagers, adolescence, adolescent, young adult

Disney N/A

Love Admiration , Adoration, Infatuation, Romance, Relationship, Attraction

Animated Films Cartoons, Childrens’ movies

Enter Concept. Enter synonyms for that concept.

c. Truncate (i.e. find the root words or parts of words for) your synonyms where possible. Group words with
similar root spellings together and add the truncation symbol (*) to the end of each truncated word:
Group Synonyms with Similar Spellings Truncated Root Word

Example: teen, teens, teenager, teenagers Example: teen*

Admiration, Admring, Admirer = Admir*

Infatuated, Infatuation = Infatuat*

Attration, Attracted, Attractive = Attract*

Enter synonyms with similar spellings = Enter truncated root word.

Enter synonyms with similar spellings = Enter truncated root word.

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d. Use Boolean Operators (And, Or, Not) and Nesting (multiple textboxes) to combine both your truncated
synonyms and any synonyms that could not be truncated to create a search phrase. Use parentheses to
represent your text boxes.
Example: (youth OR young adult* OR teen* OR young) AND (vot*) AND (social media OR social network* OR
Facebook OR Twitter OR Instagram OR Snapchat OR Tumblr) AND (elect* OR politic* OR campaign*)

(Love OR admir* OR infatuat* OR romance* OR relationship* OR attraction) AND (animated films OR children’s
movie* OR cartoons) AND (Disney)

2. FIND TWO SCHOLARLY FULL-TEXT ARTICLES IN THE EBSCO OR JSTOR DATABASES

Part 2 of the Library Session (password: Research Methods) reviews what we covered in class.
a. Go to the Library website (http://www.marianopolis.edu/Library/).
b. Click on Find journal and newspaper articles.
c. Scroll down to the link to the EBSCO databases or the JSTOR database; click on one of them and log in.
d. If using EBSCO:
a. Click on Journal Databases.
b. Check off Academic Search Premier and/or Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) and/or Business
Source Elite and/or PsycARTICLES and/or Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection and/or
SocINDEX and/or ERIC and/or Education Source, as appropriate for your topic.
c. Click the Continue button.
d. Check off the Full-Text and Peer-Reviewed checkboxes.
e. Select SU Subject Terms from the drop-down box.
If using JSTOR:
a. Click on Advanced Search.
b. Check off the Articles checkbox under Item Type
c. Sometimes selecting “Abstract” from the search drop-down box can help focus your search, although
only 10% of JSTOR articles have abstracts, which will limit your pool of possible results.
e. Using the search phrase you constructed in Question 1 as a starting point, find two full-text articles from
scholarly journals that relates to your topic.
Note: In order to get the most out of the databases, you may need to alter your search phrase as you search.
ARTICLE #1

Database used (EBSCO or JSTOR): EBSCO

Search phrase: (Love OR admir* OR infatuat* OR romance* OR relationship* OR attraction) AND (animated
films OR children’s movie* OR cartoons) AND (Disney)

Title of article: Images of Couples and Families in Disney Feature-Length Animated Films

Author(s) of article: Tanner, Litsa Renee; Haddock, Shelley A.; Zimmerman, Toni Schindler; Lund, Lori K.

Title of journal: American Journal of Family Therapy

Year of publication: 2003

Volume and issue (if any): v31 n5

Page(s) of article (first – last): 355 - 373

DOI (if any): 1080/01926180390223987

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Permalink / Remote Access URL: https://ezproxy.marianopolis.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?

direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url&db=eric&AN=EJ674320&site=ehost-live&scope=site

ARTICLE #2

Database used (EBSCO or JSTOR): Google Scholar

Search phrase: Romance and Disney

Title of article: Fairy tales between transformation and repetition: How audiences rethink the big romantic
myth through Disney princess stories

Author(s) of article: Tatjana Menise

Title of journal: Sign Systems Studies

Year of publication: 2019

Volume and issue (if any): Volume 47, Issue 3/4

Page(s) of article (first – last): Pages 526-551

DOI (if any): DOI: https://doi.org/10.12697/SSS.2019.47.3-4.08

Permalink / Remote Access URL:

https://www.pdcnet.org/signsystems/content/signsystems_2019_0047_0003_0526_0551

3. FIND A SCHOLARLY FULL-TEXT ARTICLE BY A KEY AUTHOR IN THE EBSCO OR JSTOR

DATABASES
Part 3 of the Library Session (password: Research Methods) reviews what we covered in class.
a. Take a look at the articles that you found in Question 2. Note the authors of the articles and the references at
the end of the articles.
b. To find a third scholarly full-text article on your topic in the EBSCO or JSTOR databases, you have 2 options:

1. Select one of the authors of one of the articles that you selected in Question 2.
OR

2. Select one of the authors found in the references of one of the articles that you selected in Question 2.

c. Go to the EBSCO Search or the JSTOR Advanced Search.

d. If using EBSCO:
a. Check off the Full-Text and Peer-Reviewed checkboxes.
b. Select AU Author from the drop-down box.
e. If using JSTOR:
a. Click on Advanced Search.
b. Check off the Articles checkbox under Item Type
c. Select Author from the drop-down box beside the search box.
f. Enter your selected author’s name in the search box to find a third scholarly full-text article from scholarly
journals that relates to your topic.
g. Repeat as needed with different authors until you find an article that relates to your topic.

ARTICLE #3
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I used (pick one): ☐ An author from Article # Enter article number. in Question 2

☒ An author from the references in Article # Enter article number. in Question 2

Database used (EBSCO or JSTOR): Google scholar

Search phrase: Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses

Title of article: Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses

Author(s) of article: Dawn Elizabeth England & Lara Descartes &Melissa A. Collier-Meek

Title of journal: Sex Roles

Year of publication: 2011

Volume and issue (if any): 64

Page(s) of article (first – last): 555 - 567

DOI (if any): https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-011-9930-7

Permalink / Remote Access URL: https://web.s.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=0&sid=a524b08f-622a-

43d7-9ce0-b91e1bea7ad0%40redis

4. FIND AN EBOOK USING THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE

Before starting this question, view Part 4 of the Library Session (password: Research Methods)
a. Go to the Library website (http://www.marianopolis.edu/Library/).
b. Click on Search the Library Catalogue.
c. Click on Advanced Search.
d. Under Type, select “E-book.”
e. Use your search phrase you constructed in Question 1 to find a book on your topic. Select an eBook on your
topic
f. The book can either be specifically about your topic, or it can be a broader text that covers the general discipline
of your topic.
Note: When searching the Library catalogue, you must use a “$” instead of an “*” as a truncation symbol.

EBOOK #1

Search phrase: Disney

Title of book: Good girls and wicked witches : women in Disney's feature animation

Author(s) of book: Davis, Amy M. (Amy Michele),

Publisher: John Libbey Publishing

Year of publication: 2011

City of publication: Hertfordshire, England

Link (URL): https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/marianopolis-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1977962

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5. REFINED RESEARCH TOPIC

Now that you have researched and thought about your topic, indicate your refined research topic. This could be
your original topic, or it could be a new topic that you and your group members have derived from your research.

Refined Research Topic: Enter your refined research topic.

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