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Research Tips for Telecom Students

  1. Try Searching In These Sources:

  2. Try Spelling Variations

    • liberalization
    • liberalisation
    Search for variations by using 'OR' between the words. For example, 'liberalization or liberalisation.'

  3. Try Synonyms

    • liberalisation
    • privatisation
    • deregulation
    Search for all the different words used to express this one idea by using 'OR' between the terms. For example, 'liberalisation or liberalization or privatisation or privatization or deregulation.'
    Other terms that require variations are 'telecommunication' (telecom or telecomm or telecommunication or telecommunications or telephony or telephonic) and 'cell phones' (cell phone or cell phones or cellphone or cellphones or cellular phone or cellular phones or cellular telephone or cellular telephones or mobile or mobiles or mobile phone or mobile phones or mobile telephone or mobile telephones).
    YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND THE WORDS AUTHORS USE.
    YOU MUST SEARCH ALL WORD VARIATIONS!

  4. Track Down References

    Track down the articles listed as References in the articles, books, and dissertations you find. I found this citation in a dissertation's list of References:

    McDowell, S. D., & Lee, J. (2003). India's experiments in mobile licensing. Telecommunications Policy, 27, 371-382. doi:10.1016/S0308-5961(03)00007-7

    This is a good article, and it is available full-text in the library's ScienceDirect database.

  5. Investigate Authors

    Do you know any authors who have written on your topic? Find a list of their other articles by searching databases; many databases let you search by Author.

  6. Check Authors' Affiliations

    Many people mantain lists of their articles on their home pages. If a Google search on your author's name doesn't work, search for the home page of the college or institution she works for. Then search that college's faculty directory to find your author's home page. Look for any list of her articles or publications; such a list is sometimes called a bibliography.

APA Documentation Style
APA Sample Bibliography
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Rules for APA Citations