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.”

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