1. UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO MISSISSAUGA LIBRARY
HAZEL MCCALLION ACADEMIC LEARNING CENTRE
RRSS Welcome and Introduction: Candy, Nathan, Nalissa

2. PART 1: Sociology Resources

3. Research Process Idea Keywords Academic Sources Background Info
What do you want to research?
Turn it into a question
Is it what your professor wants for the assignment?
Keywords
Break your question into keywords
Think of synonyms for your keywords
Academic Sources
Use journal articles, books and other resources from your library website
Your professors want you to use academic resources from the library!
Background Info
Use encyclopedia for background info
Discover more key words

4. Library Website

5. Formulating Search Terms
Research Question:
Why do youth in Canada join gangs?
Keywords:
youth
gangs
Canada
join
Synonyms:
Adolescent; teenage; high school
Canadian; Ontario; Toronto
Factors; membership

6. Articles - Databases

8. Articles - Databases Choose database for subject Type in terms
Check results

9. Assess Results

10. Books - Catalogue

11. Books - Catalogue

12. Books - Catalogue

13. Books - Catalogue

14. Reliable or Unreliable?
Is the author an academic at a college or university? Do they work for the government?
Is the publisher of the book or journal academic?
Is the journal peer reviewed?

15. PART 2: Hands-on Research
Questions?
PART 2: Hands-on Research

16. Finding Books/Articles

17. PART 3: Finding Academic Resources
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