Sociology: Crime Outcomes Research Guide
GOOGLE SEARCH TIPS
Search for exact phrases using quotation marks -
"people trafficking"
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Use AND to narrow search to include both terms -
"environmental terrorism" AND Australia
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Use OR to expand search to include either search term (synonyms) -
"people trafficking" OR "human trafficking"
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Use brackets to combine AND & OR rules -
"international law" AND ("environmental harm" OR ecoterrorism)
EVALUATING SOURCES
You can't trust everything you read on the internet. Evaluate your sources using the TRAAP test.
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T - Timeliness - Was the information published in the last 10 years?
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R - Relevance - Is the information relevant to your topic?
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A - Authority - Does the author have qualifications or experience?
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A - Accuracy - Does the information align with what other sources say?
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P - Purpose - Is the source's purpose to inform, not to sell or convince?
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WHERE TO LOOK
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
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Username: kgsjstor
Password: rese@rch23
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Click on image to learn how to use JSTOR
Select from a list of resource types to generate your APA reference list
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Check your generated references against this guide, and find examples.