Welcome to UTW1001K Meaning of Home and Identity in the Diaspora Resource Guide 🙂.
We have curated tools, some research basics and recommended resources for this course.
Need some guidance? Get in touch with the research librarian for this course, Jamila (jam@nus.edu.sg).
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TOOLS FOR FREE ACCESS TO ARTICLES
YES - you can access our subscribed materials by having these library hacks in your device ✌️
Follow the instructions on how how to add Find It@NUS Libraries, Proxy Bookmarklet and LibKey Nomad, on this guide: https://libguides.nus.edu.sg/findfulltext
OR take a look at the videos below.
In this video below, learn how to access articles beyond NUS Libraries, via Google Scholar.
You hit a page where they are asking you to pay for the article? Do NOT pay. Click on image to view the video on how to set up ProxyBookmarklet. You can also get the guide on how to do so, on this page.
SOME RESEARCH BASICS IDEAS TO HELP YOU ALONG..
Short video on how to strategise our search - to get more effective results :)
Citing maintains academic integrity and acknowledge to the authors you have referenced. It also allows readers to trace your information back to its original source, ensuring transparency and credibility. Possible two ways of citing listed below.
i) Click image to view video:
ii) Cite using zoterobib here: https://zbib.org/
APA citation style can be quite confusing.
Fret not - we have resources and sample references on APA in this guide.
RELEVANT RESEARCH RESOURCES FOR YOUR PAPER
One-stop search can be done within the Library search engine. And yes, we know you would still want to use Google. We advise that you use Google Scholar instead. So take a look at this short video to know how to search both effectively, for your assignments.
Click image to view the video
Topic too niche? Try using JSTOR - a good database for humanities and social sciences topics. You can access JSTOR by clicking on the link below
Searching for articles leaning towards discourse, rhetoric or linguistics? Enter your search terms or keywords on CMMC, a database covering all aspects of communication studies...
