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COMM 205 Trenary: Assignment rules

Learning goals

  • Begin to formulate a keyword search strategy based on a topic or assignment requirement.
  • Search multidisciplinary databases to find full text articles on a topic; use Find It links to find full text of articles
  • Distinguish between scholarly and popular sources.

Assignment instructions and keyword searching

Rip Current Journal assignment:

  • Your topic may be about any communication relationship challenge. Find a scholarly (academic) journal article of interest to you on any relationship challenges.
  • Cite in APA format 
  • Briefly summarize the article's contents in your first paragraph (what did the researchers find?), and offer your opinion/critique about the article in your second paragraph.