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Week 2 Assignment 2: Locating Scholarly Resources
Use the three articles that were assigned to you in the Article Selector Quiz. Review the tutorials
on Finding an article in the AU Library and Finding thesis statements.
Article 1: In the space below, copy and paste the reference that was provided to you in the
Article Selector Quiz.
Roberts, S.G.B., & Dunbar, R.I.M. (2011). Communication in social networks: Effects of
kinship, network size, and emotional closeness. Personal Relationships, 18, 439-452. Retrieved
from EBSCOhost database.
Thesis Statement: Enter the thesis statement in the space below. Remember to enclose this
within quotation marks and provide a citation with the author and page number.
“This study examined the effects of social network size, emotional closeness, and type of
relationship (kinship vs. friendship) on communication patterns in the social networks of 251
women.” (Roberts, Sep 2011, p. 439)
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Article 2: In the space below, copy and paste the reference that was provided to you in the
Article Selector Quiz.
Gooding, S. S. (May, 1996). At the boundaries of religious identity: Native American religions
and American legal culture. Numen, 43(2), 157-183. Retrieved from JSTOR database.
Thesis Statement: Enter the thesis statement in the space below. Remember to enclose this
within quotation marks and provide a citation with the author and page number.
“This essay looks briefly at legal discourse about native American religions in the late 19th and
late 20th centuries juxtaposing them in order to view the historical trends they represent the role
played by legal discourse in transforming native American ceremonial practices and the role
played by native American religious discourses in transforming the law.”(Gooding, May 1996,
p.157)
Article 3: In the space below, copy and paste the reference that was provided to you in the
Article Selector Quiz.
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Adams, T. M., & Fuller, D. B. (2006). The words have changed but the ideology remains the
same: Misogynistic lyrics in rap music. Journal of Black Studies, 36(6), 938-957. Retrieved from
the JSTOR database.
Thesis Statement: Enter the thesis statement in the space below. Remember to enclose this
within quotation marks and provide a citation with the author and page number.
“This article examines the use of misogynistic ideology in the gangsta rap and traces the
connection between its prevalene in rap and the larger cultural picture of how African American
women have been characterized historically.”(Adams, Jul., 2006, p. 938)