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Category Archives: Communication and Journalism
Liberal arts colleges: Core requirements teach basic skills
Most liberal arts colleges, but not all, have core requirements — classes that you’re required to take before graduation. These requirements typically include a little bit of everything (English, math, science) to give you a well-rounded foundation of academic knowledge …
How to research communication journals on cross-cultural communications, advocacy and interpersonal communications
Students contemplating communication degrees or who are in the midst of writing papers on cross-cultural communications, business communication, or advocacy and argumentation can take advantage of the thousands of books, communication journals, and articles on Questia, your digital library and …
A first look at communication theory and journalism reference sites
A first look at communication theory or a topic such as journalism is just the beginning when doing research. The next step is to narrow your choice of topic to an area of focus. Reference sites on the Web will …
Questia Reading Room: Free reading from our “Newly added” books section!
The Questia library is constantly growing and evolving with the needs of our users. This holiday season, we’re happy to share some of our brand new content with the Footnotes readers! As a treat for our readers, we’re sharing some …
Writing tips for your next term paper or research project — Get started now!
It is easy to get overwhelmed with reading, research and homework assignments to the point where you hardly know what day it is. No wonder you find that you have a term paper or research project due next week and …
Practicing source-ery: Utilizing primary and secondary sources
Primary and secondary sources Now that research paper-writing season is well underway, you may be hearing your professors discussing the need for primary sources as well as secondary sources. Sidney Silverman Library at Bergen Community College (NJ) offers a straightforward definition …
When writers go bad
Ensuring what you mean is what you write. Sometimes when writing, we may begin a sentence without knowing how it will end. If you’re not careful, it could come out with the entirely wrong meaning. Self-editing prior to handing in work …
Posted in College Success Tips, Communication and Journalism
Tagged revision, self-edit, writing
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Who do you trust?
Which online resources are safe to use? Search expert Barbara G. Friedman emphasizes the importance of knowing how to evaluate Web site reliability in her book Web Search Savvy: Strategies and Shortcuts for Online Research (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, …
Posted in Communication and Journalism, Research Paper Help
Tagged credibility, journalism, reliability
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Red Letter Days
“Handwritten letters are becoming a thing of the past,” says Wendy Lustbader, adding, “We have e-mail now…” In her Aging Today essay The Demise of Letter-writing, she acknowledges, “It is true that e-mail from dear friends can be printed out …
Posted in Communication and Journalism, Literature, Philosophy
Tagged letters, technology
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Matters of opinion
Where to look for research perspective When you need to examine how people are reporting or commenting on different aspects of an issue or situation, these resources – among NoodleTools.com’s valuable guidelines to help Choose the Best Search for Your …
Posted in Communication and Journalism, Research Paper Help
Tagged opinions, perspective, research
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