Effective Research Strategies and Resources for Academic Success

Research Resources

Types of Resources Reference Academic News Media Electronic Entertainment Primary Secondary

Reference Encyclopedia (Including Wikipedia and Baidu Baike) Dictionary Map Almanac , Books of Records Catalogue

Academic Academic Book Individual monograph Multi-authored edited collection (similar to an anthology) Journal Articles Theses and Dissertations Conference Paper/Lecture / Talk/Lecture / Class materials and lecture

Electronic Resources Search Engines: use more than one (e.g., bing, baidu, yandex, swisscows) Databases: use more than one! Links pages (e.g., http://www- personal.umich.edu/~dporter/sampler/sampler.html) Electronic reference resources (e.g., Wikipedia and Baidu Baike) Social Media sites: e.g., Weibo Video streaming platforms: e.g., Bilibili.com

Search Strategies Start with a research question: Topic: globalization Question: how does globalization affect local media? Key words: globalization, media, local Synonyms: internationalization, international, transnational, media industry, news industry, film industry, tv industry, internet, communities, cities, countries

SCU Library Databases and E-Journals JSTOR Wiley Springer Nature

Citing in an Academic Essay: example 1 First it might be helpful to review the current situation of abandoned phones in China. According to Guo and Yan, the volume of obsolete cellphones in China was estimated at 800 million units (327). Meanwhile, scientists have already built a mature and complete procedure to help obsolete cellphones find an appropriate home. However, it is estimated that the recycling rate of obsolete cellphones is less than 1% (Liu, Ge, et al. 16578), and the recycling situation remains grim. The big tragedy is due to every single individual s failure of recycling their phones. People prefer to leave their abandoned phones in their drawers or cabinets rather than recycle them. Therefore, it is necessary to raise people s recycling awareness and let them know the benefits and significance of recycling their abandoned phones.

Citing in an Academic Essay: example 2 In this case, a vast amount of mineral resource, human resource, and financial resource can be saved. Another benefit is that reasonable cellphones recycling protect the environment and promote the overall recycling circulation (Monteiro, Moreira et al 195). As for the shortcoming of not recycling abandoned cellphones, according to Moore s law, the price of a certain electronic device will be halved every 18 months ( The Significance of Recycling Cellphones[ ] ). That is, the longer cellphones are stored, the lower their value will be.

Sample Works Cited Page Work Cited Guo Xueyi, Yan Kang. Estimation of obsolete cellular phones generation: A case study of China. Science of The Total Environment, vol.575, Jan 2017, pp 321-329. ScienceDirect, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.054. Li, Ge, et al. Present status of recycling waste mobile phones in China: a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol.24, issue 20, pp 16578-16591. Springer Link, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9089-z. Liu, Bai, et al. Why are obsolete cellphones difficult to recycle in China? Resources, Conservation and Recycling, vol.141, Feb 2019, pp. 200-210. Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.10.030. The significance of recycling phones[ ] Huishoubao [ ]. 14 July. 2017, http://zx.huishoubao.com/xueyuan-changshi/681.html. Accessed 14 July 2017. Mobile Phone Recycling. Wikipedia. 8 Apr. 2019, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Mobile_phone_recycling. Accessed 8 April 2017.