{"id":29,"date":"2020-09-03T14:49:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T13:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-library-guide\/?p=29"},"modified":"2021-03-26T10:10:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T10:10:41","slug":"researching-for-assignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-library-guide\/2020\/09\/03\/researching-for-assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"Researching for assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-library-guide\/files\/2020\/09\/16317823991_a628f38955_e-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-library-guide\/files\/2020\/09\/16317823991_a628f38955_e-1.jpg 499w, https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/cewl-library-guide\/files\/2020\/09\/16317823991_a628f38955_e-1-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For assignments you will need to go beyond your reading list and do your own independent research. The Library subscribes to a number of subject databases helping you to find academic books and journal articles on your chosen topic.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library\/resources\/e-resources\/a-z\/index.html\">list of relevant database<\/a><\/strong> to choose the most appropriate for your research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.co.uk\/\">GoogleScholar<\/a> is a popular search engine to look for academic material including journal articles and books. It is a convenient way to search across the web from one place:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='560' height='315' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uWFv8HTCVp8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Specialist Resources<\/h4>\n<p>As well as traditional academic sources you may want to include alternative information sources such as newspaper articles, personal accounts, podcasts, blogs and social media. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/2020\/mod\/page\/view.php?id=19837\">research skill module<\/a> will help you identify different types of information, when these might be useful and where to search.<\/p>\n<p>The following resources will be of interest for modern and world languages, and a full listing of all resources can be viewed on our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/library\/resources\/e-resources\/a-z\/index.html\"> A-Z eresources<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.a.ebscohost.com.chain.kent.ac.uk\/ehost\/search\/advanced?vid=0&amp;sid=3a33f24e-4d64-4c15-9631-b77e5dec963b%40sessionmgr4006\">MLA International Bibliography<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.a.ebscohost.com.chain.kent.ac.uk\/ehost\/search\/advanced?vid=0&amp;sid=d955fb0e-bc91-44a7-8c66-e9aa1ce15a6a%40sdc-v-sessmgr02\">Academic Search Complete<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bdsl-online.de.chain.kent.ac.uk\/BDSL-DB\/templates\/template.xml?vid=%7b2696B269-C71C-4076-B066-880A5CB4E8E6%7d&amp;contenttype=text\/html&amp;Skript=home&amp;lang=de&amp;lang=de\">BDSL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Online Resources<\/h4>\n<p>As well as the resources that the library subscribes to there is a lot of useful freely available information available on the internet. Use this <a href=\"https:\/\/rl.talis.com\/3\/kent\/lists\/FD5F3C3C-304E-40EC-29AD-1D3C927861F4.html?lang=en-GB&amp;login=1\"><strong>reading list<\/strong><\/a> to find sources that may be of interest for modern and world languages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For assignments you will need to go beyond your reading list and do your own independent research. 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