LIB 1201 Research and Documentation for the Information Age

When I was working on choosing a topic and developing a research paper, the first difficulty I had was to find a topic that takes my interest. I mean, There are a lot of  good topics out there but I didn’t know which one I should choose. So, what I did was to take only the top 5 topic that I already have some informations with and then break them down. In the end I choose the topic that I feel the most comfortable with. Another, difficulties that I had was to search for the right sources. I am still struggling with it so far but hopefully, I will find the right ones that I think are more relevant to my topic. As for strategies, I used outlines and brainstorms. The reason I use them was because my professor in High School forced us to use those before writing down an essay. Somehow, I got used to it and now I could not write any essay without doing those two first. As for the question for my assignment, I do not have any right now.

My research is about the printing press and who taught of the idea first. There are many civilizations who thought about copying images, which makes it hard for me to stick with one theme. Should i focus on how it starter rather then who.

Today we continued our discussion of the research process and you used bubbl.us to map the interrelated ideas contained in your research questions. You also got a chance to try out Easybib.com; (so sorry we ran out of time — next time, I promise!) We will talk more about citation management on Thursday. Slides from today are available here. Here is a sample concept map:

On Thursday we’ll discuss (and do!) advanced internet searching. Please read Badke Ch. 6 (all) and Ch. 7 pp. 161-162. View the Common Craft web search strategies video. The final version of your research topic proposal is due at the start of class, either emailed to me as an attachment or handed in as a word-processed document. Questions about your research topic proposal? Please get in touch!

~Prof. L.

The main difficulty I have encountered with working on my research proposal is actually picking one, I know that I’m suppose to pick one that relates to the class and interest me but I can’t seem to find one that satisfies one. As for now I’m still not sure on what topic to establish in to a research paper but so far I’m working with “Does the media, both print and broadcast, report fairly? Does it ever cross the line between reporting the news and creating the news?” I haven’t gone over any strategies as of yet and the main question or rather statement I have about the assignment is can I have some idea of where to begin on it.

I find it hard to make my topic more specific. To be honest it was hard choosing a topic. I couldn’t find a topic that actually would interest me outside of class. The one I chose was last minute, but I don’t think I can make a better one on such short notice. I actually haven’t began to search for articles or anything on my topic. After looking at our topics, would you have told us that there may not be much information on our topic? I’m not sure how much information I can find about plagiarism in high levels of academia because I never looked for information about it. I just have to hope for the best.