Research Process
An Issue in American or Global Society/Culture
Mrs. Skizas & Ms. Brennan
Homework: see box below
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Assignments
Tuesday, March 12 and Thursday, March 14
--Sentence outlines due at conference date
--identify and work on any additional reserach material
Tuesday, March 5 and Thursday, March 7
--identify "gaps" in argument/research
--conference on packet - arguments
--sentence outlines
Due Tuesday, March 5
Packet - "Putting it All Together. What do YOU have to say?
(need a (another) packet? See tab: Documents
Thursday - Synthesis..."Putting it all Together"
Due Thursday, Feb. 28
1 new, additional article to support your research
--from any type of source
--if web site, attach blue evaluation form
--2 notecards per article, minimum
Totals for 2/28
15 citations
31 notecards
Tuesday, Feb. 26- using search engines
Due on Tuesday, Feb. 26
What are reseachers/professionals/"experts" writing about the situation?
--2 articles from a scholarly journal relevant to your topic
--2 citations
--4 notecards (quality!) per article (total of another 8, minimum)
Use the Library Catalog, too!!!
For 2/26:
14 citations
29 notecards
(minimum)
Thursday, Feb. 21 - work day
Due on Thursday, Feb. 21
What are reseachers/professionals/"experts" writing about the situation?
--1 article from a scholarly journal relevant to your topic
--1 citation
--4 notecards
To Do on Thursday Feb. 14 (work day)
Gather at least 1 article on current situation of topic/issue -
Why is this topic/issue important/significant? Why should people care or be aware of this issue/topic?
--What is happening - problems? research? events? changes/modifications?
--Why? Have things not changed?
--Potential solutions? New approaches to help or change a situation?
--Important leaders, people, organizations involved? What is being done by this individual/these people?
Revisit your list of keywords - what can you add to this list?
Use the subject headings:
*above list of results in ProQuest Central.
*listed at the bottom of articles in Lexis Nexis.
*to the left of results in General Reference Center Gold
*Use bibliographies in CQ Researcher and in any other articles
For 2/19:
11 citations
21 notecards
Due on Thursday, Feb. 14
About your topic....
**2 articles history/overview**
--Books - Use the Catalog...it's easy! and/or
--articles from magazines & newspapers
Note...we will work with journals next week!
For a total of...
Citations = 10
Notecards = 19
Due Thursday, Feb. 14
1 article on background/overview/history
a. 1 citation
b. 2 notecards
Due Thursday, Feb. 7
1.White sheet (exploration) -
2. Articles (exploration)
3. Works Consulted page
4. 1 article on background/overview/history
a. 1 citation
b. 2 notecards
Citations: total 8
6 exploration
1 history/overview/background
1 the book you read
Notecards: total: 15
12 exploration
2 article on history/overview/background
1 the book you read
Due Wednesday, Feb. 6 (Reminder)
Read, analyze and prepare to discuss Italian Sonnet #2, “Batter my heart…”.
Due Tuesday, Feb. 5:
6 articles & citations (minimum)
12 notecards (minimum)
***In NoodleTools, when entering information, make sure to select "Database"
Ex: You have a newspaper article accessed from ProQuest Central
Explore your topics of interest - gather articles on all topics to know:
--What has been researched and written about the topics
--Gain new ideas of general topics or specific aspects of a topic
--Select your topic and a narrow focus based on initial research
Use a variety of sources accessed from:
Lexis-Nexis
ProQuest Central
General Reference Center Gold
CQ Researcher
eLibrary
Monday, Feb. 4: work day - exploration of ideas
Friday, Feb. 1: work day - exploration of ideas
Thursday, Jan. 31
Pink sheet - keywords and initial ideas
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