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Distance MAs: How do you research?
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Boodleheimer



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:35 pm    Post subject: Distance MAs: How do you research? Reply with quote
my second assignment for my first module is to create a viable research plan. damned if i'm not in the middle of nowhere korea and without any library resources. what online resources do you all use? any other hints?

i'm in a bit of a tizzy.
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Internet?
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Boodleheimer



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
VanIslander wrote:
Internet?


what is this 'Internet' thing of which you speak?

seriously, what online journals do you find reliable? do you use Athens?
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
KWhitehead wrote:
VanIslander wrote:
Internet?


what is this 'Internet' thing of which you speak?

seriously, what online journals do you find reliable? do you use Athens?


Most universities have online journal access. When I studied distance from Macquarie I used EBSCOHOST through their website and had access to tons of journals.
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jaganath69



Joined: 17 Jul 2003
PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ditto to the above, Journal article databases should be common knowledge if you are doing this kind of study, I relied on them almost totally during my just-completed MA through Deakin. Your library should also have an off-campus delivery service that you can utilise to get books.
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Boodleheimer



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah, i'm going through Nottingham. i still just feel so stressed and helpless right now.

damn.
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jaganath69



Joined: 17 Jul 2003
PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
KWhitehead wrote:
yeah, i'm going through Nottingham. i still just feel so stressed and helpless right now.

damn.


Go to your library website, use the helpdesk function if need be. Most of these things also run online tutorials specified for those of us who study off-campus.
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indytrucks



Joined: 09 Apr 2003
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Aside from all the good advice above, do you live in Seoul? If you do you can try the IGSE (International Graduate School of English) library near Chamsil. They have a very good selection of ELT materials on offer. They will let you get a library card if you're not a student there, but the crap thing is you can only borrow 3 or 4 titles at a time.

I used Athens to get journal articles.

Oh, I just notice you're in the middle of nowhere Korea. How far is middle of nowhere from Seoul? Sorry.

http://english.igse.ac.kr/english/intro.html
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mrsquirrel



Joined: 13 Dec 2006
PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 4:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
www.elbitz.net

Ebook learning torrent site.

Lots and lots of ebooks available.
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Boodleheimer



Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
indytrucks wrote:
Aside from all the good advice above, do you live in Seoul? If you do you can try the IGSE (International Graduate School of English) library near Chamsil. They have a very good selection of ELT materials on offer. They will let you get a library card if you're not a student there, but the crap thing is you can only borrow 3 or 4 titles at a time.

I used Athens to get journal articles.

Oh, I just notice you're in the middle of nowhere Korea. How far is middle of nowhere from Seoul? Sorry.

http://english.igse.ac.kr/english/intro.html


it's about 5 hours from Seoul by bus. no train station. sucks, eh? i might be able to spend some time in Seoul during our winter holidays. is it 2LA-focused or does it deal with all sorts of linguistics?
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