LIBRARY GUIDE TO WRT 3074 - Rhetoric and Video Games

RULE 1: Determine the core terms, or keywords, of your topic. Those will become your search terms.

RULE 2: Be sure to enclose any phrases in quotation marks. With a field like video games, effective phrase searching will be a huge time saver!

keyword searching handout.pdf

To most quickly determine an article's status as a peer-reviewed (or refereed) source, search in Ulrich's Periodicals Directory for the title of the journal that article appears in. If you see a referee jersey next to the journal listing, you'll know it's a peer-reviewed publication.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory

Library Catalog
Use the catalog to find books, videos, recordings, and goverment documents we have at the library.

MelCat
A statewide catalog of many of Michigan's libraries. It allows you to request books at another library be sent to Kresge Library for you.

Refworks allows you to create a personal database of references and automatically generate formatted bibliographies for your projects.