For the Fieldwork assignment, students will:
In the boxes below, you will find videos and tips that will help you craft searches and locate secondary sources.
The best place to start for scholarly research to support your fieldwork findings is the QuickSearch tool on the Pace Library homepage. The video below will walk you through doing searches and locating the resource.
It is possible to locate reliable, scholarly research on Google. Most of those articles will be different than those available through the Pace Library so it's ok to check both!
Watch the video below for additional strategies to evaluating the information you find on Google.
The Opposing Viewpoints database includes essays, articles, statistics, and more giving the pro and con sides on topical social and political issues.
You are required to locate scholarly secondary sources that support your analysis of your observations. But how do you identify one?
What is a scholarly article?
Scholarly articles are written by experts in an academic or professional field. They differ from commentary or news articles in their purpose which is to outline original research or original analysis of a topic.
For example, a marketing scholar might study the impact of COVID on small businesses. A journalism scholar might study people's perceptions of news in order to inform policy on misinformation.
What are the parts of a scholarly article?
Scholarly articles follow pretty standard outlines which helps readers locate specific information more quickly as they read.
See the example article below with the "anatomy" of these sections outlined in colors.