Tag Archives: focused

Google Scholar

I must say that using Google scholar did help me find reliable, “professional”, articles. One problem that I faced, however, was the fact that I kept finding article that I had to pay for. Unfortunately for me, most of the article I wanted to use, I had to pay for.

What I liked most about Google scholar was the fact that I could see how many times that article was cited by other articles. By this feature I am able to distinguish whether the article s credible or not.

In addition, I would say that utilizing the advanced search option assisted me greatly. I feel that when I use the typical Google search I get a broad range of nothing and everything at the same time, if that makes sense. I receive so much information, that I don’t know where to start and it’s very time consuming. On the other hand, when I used the advanced search option, even though my resources were very refined, I was able to pull a lot of information from it.

Thank you Badke!

Research Topic Refinement

My biggest issue with coming up with a good question as my topic would be having it focused and answerable. having a good focused question allows me as a writer to keep everything organized and it’s less chaotic for me, however, it is also tricky to formulate. additionally, I need to answer my topic with three supporting arguments, which I have only found two. as a writer, I believe it is my best interest to do a little more searching on my topic so that refining my topic and coming up with three supporting arguments won’t be an issue anymore. one of my biggest struggles as a student involving writing essays, would be coming up with a topic for myself to reflect on. I have always been comfortable having a teacher provide me with a topic because I at least knew what to look for; such freedom is new to me, so coming up with my own topic was difficult.