Rhetoric II
Prof. G. Steinberg
Primary Research
Internet Research
How to find information about Gen. Ed. programs generally:
Go to the library home page.
Navigate EBSCOhost.
Try various keywords.
Check out a journal that keeps coming up (e.g., Liberal Education).
How to find information about a Gen. Ed. program:
Go to www.nyu.edu.
Click “Searches and Directories.”
Try various keywords -- “General Education,” “Core Curriculum,” “Graduation Requirements.”
Try the name of the General Education program (once discovered).
Go to the home page of the General Education program.
How to find information about how successful a Gen. Ed. program is:
Do a local search for articles in the student newspaper at NYU.
Try various keywords -- “student newspaper,” “student organizations,” “student publications.”
Search archives of student newspaper (once found).
Do a wider search for newspaper articles from the library home page.
Navigate Lexis-Nexus to find appropriate venu.
Try various keywords.
How to find information about schools:
Go to NYU home page again.
Go to “Prospective Students” and/or “About NYU.”
Click here to go to the course syllabus.