Re: Where can I find Peer Reviewed Articles?

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:54:55 -0400, wifitaco
<wifitaco.2wx4q6@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote:

>I am taking a class in Computer Mediated Communications.

Ummm... in what?

>I have to do some research (10 sources) for a paper.

You really should be using your own resources. You don't learn much
if we do your homework. However, finding general sources is no big
deal.

>Can you help me find peer-reviewed/scholarly journals out there on the
>Web that could possibly give me a theoretical angle on wi-fi in the
>corporate world?

Maybe. Try:
<http://scholar.google.com>
There's also a huge amount of dense and impenetrable theory on the
various wireless relate IEEE web sites.
<http://www.ieee.org/web/publications/home/index.html>
<http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7693>

However, as near as I can recall, absolutely NOTHING written for
corporate America is ever peer reviewed. The only stuff that gets
peer reviewed are research papers and journals.

>I know I want my research paper to focus on wireless technology in the
>commercial sector, like how wi-fi helps/hinders Starbucks business or
>Schlotscky's business, or any other articles out there that deal with
>wireless technology strategies in corporations.

Most of that kind of stuff comes from eqipment manufacturers "white
papers" or "customer stories". I used to write some of that stuff.
There was quite a bit of editing involved, but none of it is even
remotely close to an academic peer review. You'll probably find
something about Starbucks on the T-Mobile web site.

>I know wi-fi is a very new technology and there may not be much
>research done on it yet,

IEEE-802.11 was adopted in 1999. There was a HUGE amount of research
done prior to official adoption by the IEEE going back to about 1995.
You might also want to dig through the patents pile for various wi-fi
related technologies. Methinks you'll find quite a bit of not-so-new
technology.

>but any help would be much appreciated.

Find a peer and have them review your approach.


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