ENG 380 ENG380 ENG/380 WEEK 4 DISCUSSION 1 (ASHFORD)
Ashford ENG 380 Week 4 Discussion 1 Exploring Other Literary Research Resources
Exploring Other Literary Research Resources. In this week’s first discussion prompt, you will compare various resources scholars use to find relevant secondary sources. Along with Internet search engines and library databases, another resource for information is a subject guide. Subject guides are usually developed by librarians or subject experts who have evaluated the information resources and have determined that they include useful resources. Most subject guides today are posted online, and rely heavily on Internet sources.
Search in two or more of the online literature subject guides, each listed below, for information relevant to the poem that you will analyze in this week’s second discussion prompt. Then write a post which describes your search experience. How did you look for information (search by keywords, browsing for materials listed under certain categories, etc.)? How did this experience compare to searching through a search engine and through a database? What advantages and disadvantages do you see in this research approach? Under what circumstances (if any) would you look for information through subject guides (vs. through a database or an Internet search engine like Google?).
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