The topic: Biology: Science Direct and BioOne
The first database.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Electronic journals.
What languages are the materials in?
English and other many languages
regularly
yes
Yes
The Topic:
Freedom of speech in the Middle East.
Google News:
The latest storY:
Citation:
Global voices online » MENA: Reflections on durban II. Retrieved 5/3/2009, 2009, from http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/22/mena-reflections-on-durban-ii/
Lexis Nexis
Latest Story:Middle East tensions flare at universities
Citation:
Moorehead, C. (2005). In the name of security. Index on Censorship, 34(1), 31-36. doi:10.1080/03064220512331339436
1-The research question: What effect does violence in the media have on children?
2- Related disciplines: Psychology, Sociology, and Mass communication (ethics)
3- Majors related: Psychology, Sociology, and journalism and Mass communication (ethics)
4- The two data bases:
PsycARTICLES (EBSCOhost) because it has “Full text articles on current issues in psychology from 1988 to present” as the website describes it.
ScienceDirect as it has full text articles.
So they are very useful as they contain full text articles and EBSCOhost has high credibility also.
1)The topic: Torture in Egypt.
The author’s name: Atef Shahhat.
The title of the book: “Torture in Egypt ” a judicial reality “
The publisher: the Human Right Center for the Assistance of Prisoners (HRCAP) (Cairo)
The year of publication: 2001
The book’s call number: JC599.E3 S53 2001
2. A book published between 2002 and 2004:
The author’s name: Asad, Talal.
The title of the book: Formations of the secular [electronic resource] : Christianity, Islam, modernity
The publisher: Stanford University Press, in 2003. 269 p. ; 24 cm.
3- Movie held by Auc:
Title: Hand in hand for combating torture in Egypt.
Publisher: Cairo : The Human Rights Center for the assistance of prisoners, 2002.
1.My choosen topic: Torture in Egypt
My search statement: Tortur* AND Egypt*.
2.* I found 16 articles result
* Citation (APA):
Moorehead, C. (2005, January). IN THE NAME OF SECURITY. Index on Censorship, 34(1), 31-36. Retrieved March 3,2009, doi:10.1080/03064220512331339436. AUC library.
3. I have found 4 scholarly journal articles.
Article: “In the name of security”
Its Citation (MLA)
Moorehead, Caroline. “IN THE NAME OF SECURITY.” Index on Censorship 34.1 (Jan. 2005): 31-36. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. AUC Library, Cairo, Egypt. 3 Mar. 2009 http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=16917883&site=ehost-live.
4. The article is:
Citation:
Jones, Lucy. “Clinton’s Last Push for Peace.” Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 20.2 (Mar. 2001): 33. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 3 Mar. 2009 <http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=4153403&site=ehost-live>.
1.The Research question: “How has globalization affected Egypt and Egyptians?”
2.The search statement: globalization effect* AND Egypt*
3. Citations.
A) The first article: Apostasy in Egypt: Contemporary Cases of Ḥisbah.
Olsson, Susanne. “Apostasy in Egypt: Contemporary Cases of Ḥisbah.” Muslim World 98.1 (Jan. 2008): 95-115. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. AUC Library, Cairo, Egypt. 3 Mar. 2009 http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=28530843&site=ehost-live.
B) The second article’s title:
Citation:(MLA)
Akou, Heather Marie. “Building a New “World Fashion”: Islamic Dress in the Twenty-first Century.” Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture 11.4 (Dec. 2007): 403-421. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. AUC library, Cairo, Egypt. 3 Mar. 2009 http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=28159216&site=ehost-live.
1. What is the relationship between dieting and anorexia?
2. 45 articles were there for the year 2004. Citation: Williams, A. (2004, November 25). SELF-HARM GAP FILLS UP. Community Care, Retrieved March 2, 2009, from Academic Search Complete database.
3. 504 articles were there for scholarly journals. citation: Haleem, Darakhshan Jabeen. “Exaggerated feedback control decreases brain serotonin concentration and elicits hyperactivity in a rat model of diet-restriction-induced anorexia nervosa.” Appetite 52.1 (Feb. 2009): 44-50. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 2 Mar. 2009 <http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=35512525&site=ehost-live>
4. Jones, Lucy. “Clinton’s Last Push for Peace.” Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 20.2 (Mar. 2001): 33. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 2 Mar. 2009 <http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=4153403&site=ehost-live>.
My search was (“freedom of speech” AND Egypt ) through Academic search complete database.
1- the first Article
citation:
“Open economy, closed politics.” Economist 351.8123 (12 June 1999): 40-40. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 15 Feb. 2009 http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=1922046&site=ehost-live.
the subject terms:
The second article:
Radsch, Courtney C. “Speaking Truth to Power: The Changing Role of Journalism in Egypt.” Conference Papers — International Studies Association (2007 Annual Meeting 2007): 1-24. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 15 Feb. 2009 http://0-search.ebscohost.com.lib.aucegypt.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=26959782&site=ehost-live.
subject terms:
*JOURNALISM
*MASS media
*POLITICAL participation
*FREEDOM of the press
*FREEDOM of speech
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