Senior Seminar Help!

We received this blog comment:

“Make sure to put lots of

information on stereotypes

of African Americans in the media

on the blog. I need my senior

seminar to be perfect!”

You’ve come to the right place!

(Any other requests?)

Stereotyping in the Media

Articles:

• Using EBSCOhost’s Sociology databases, you can see a big difference between entering the phrase media stereotyping (which returns only a few, mostly about stereotyping women) and entering these individual search terms in separate boxes:
  

media
stereotype

• To search within the 1,180 hits (this number changes as new resources are added), click on term in left hand menu called "STEREOTYPES (Social psychology)" and see that now you have about a hundred well-targeted hits.

The huge term ( media and stereotype ) and DE "STEREOTYPES (Social psychology) in mass media" will be sitting in your first search box.

• Add an additional search term to the second search box to narrow your focus, like: African American or black

Do separate searches, or type black OR African American in the second box to combine the search.

(Note: African Americans returns only half the results as African American (not plural). Keep it simple for the best results.)

If your topic is about another stereotyped group of people, adjust your search terms accordingly. Remember to look for synonyms.

Books:

• Select SEPCHEcat from the FirstSearch databases list.
  
• Search for media stereotype. (To narrow further add black OR African American or another stereotyped group.)
• Add another term to narrow your results further.
  
• If the book is available at Logue Library, you will see the Chestnut Hill College logo next to it.
  
• If it is not at Logue Library, you can click the Libraries: All SEPCHE Libraries: link to see which SEPCHE library owns the book. You can then travel to that library and check it out, just like you would here.
  
• If you can’t get to the SEPCHE library, Interlibrary Loan is available.
  
• To broaden your search to libraries worldwide, change the database you are searching to WorldCat.

E-Books:

• Go to NetLibrary and search for media stereotype.
• Add another term to narrow your results further.
  
• When you find a book of interest, click on it and then browse by chapters listed in the left menu, or use the search box to find specific ideas inside the book.
• Click the link at the top of the NetLibrary home page to "create a free account" while you are on campus, so that you can use NetLibrary from any Internet connection.

Good luck and . . don't forget to cite your sources!