Calling all Sociology and psychology students/gradutes

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Hi ya

Im doing an access course at the moment and frantically trying to get essays in.

Can anyone recommend good websites for info on subjects as my research skills are pretty crap.

I know I rely too heavily on bing and google and need to improve.

Im trying to find out about the pluralist approach to the mass media at the mo with little success.

Cheers guys

shameless bump.

Only just seen this, hello OADCB!

I don't think there's anything wrong with relying on google: I use it all the time (I'm a sociology student). My starting point is usually to follow up references in my course set texts. Do you have online access to journals via your college library? This would be useful for locating journal articles.

Use google and/or google scholar and try different combinations of search terms if you're struggling to find anything relevant.

Although Wikipedia is frowned on and shouldn't be cited in academic work, it's often an excellent starting point and should lead you to reputable sources via the references at the bottom of each entry.

If you have access to an academic library (at your college) or a larger public library, make use of them. For the topic you're researching (you've probably finished it by now) I'd start with a general media studies text, or perhaps one of the "Key Concepts in Media Studies" type books.

Buying books can end up being expensive but Amazon Marketplace throws up some excellent bargains. I'm forever scouring the bookshelves in charity shops as well and in this way you'll start building a reference library of your own at minimal cost.

Dunno if any of that is helpful, but anyway, good luck with your course. What are you applying for at university?