- When looking for articles that I feel are clearly written, provide detailed background to the authors and are easily accessible to college students I always use Syracuse Libraries. When I use the site I tend to type in the idea I’m looking for and then refine the search for a journal article. When I use Syracuse libraries I feel it really helps me search for articles that relate to college students and ones that have qualified authors. When I’m looking for an article it takes me a bit of searching because sometimes they are written too many years ago and don’t convey the same message. However I find it helpful to refine the search and look for articles written in the past 2 or 3 years so the content aligns with current events in the world.
- In the past few assignments we have been analyzing differs communities and environments and the way they are able to make each space inclusive to everyone. In order to add to our portfolios we have done research on articles that not only note the problems that occur day to day but the changes that need to be made. However, in order to truly understand why we need more inclusivity and diversity we must hear first hand from the ones who feel aliened. In order to learn more about bias and discrimination we must read a primary first hand account from someone who experienced it. For this assignment I wish to write about the action required when discrimination occurs and what the thoughts and emotions of the individual experiencing it. I wish to focus on college minorities because their experiences may not be so different from those of our own. I will use Syracuse libraries because not only is it presented by our own college but it recounts the stories and experiences of those in our own situations.
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I also use Syracuse Library Summons because it helps me to find specifically what I am looking for. I find the advanced search area really helpful when I need an article that is current, or I need a specific kind of article. I completely agree that in order to have valuable information, we must hear from those who experience the things that we are talking about. The people who experience discrimination based on race, gender, ability, etc. know best about what they need in order to feel fully included.
When it comes to some of the issue areas you’re pointing to, Dominique–race, gender, ability, etc.–it’s important to pay attention to the search terms that a particular database uses to catalog material. Sometimes we’ll see different databases using different language (gender vs. sex, for example, or ability vs. disability vs. disabled). Take note of the Subjects delineated in a particular text to see how that tool ‘talks’ about that material.
I completely agree with what you wrote in the second paragraph. Learning/ listening from first-hand accounts is just the beginning for conceptualizing what it’s truly like to be in somebody else’s shoes. It’s a really powerful way to move others especially when it comes to our discussions of discrimination and bias.
While I was researching I noticed the same issue with the age of some of the articles. the titles and summaries would be very promising but as I began to read some of them they really turned around and focused on an entirely different area of the subject than I thought they would. Even just a few years old an article can have a completely different set of key points than what would be intended now.
Hi, You mentioned something in your discussion post that really resonated with me. You mentioned how when using the SU Library summons search service, you would refine the search to journal entries, and this would help you find more specific results that were written by a respected author. This is something that I did not think to do, so I am going to try another SU Library summons search to find more specific sources for my topic. Thank you!
Student publications and organizations/movements may give you some access to valuable primary sources on this subject, too, Mikayla. I look forward to seeing what you find.