Week 8 Assignments
- Professor Rodgers
- DUEÂ Tuesday, March 24
- Â GROUP ASSIGNMENTS
- GA8: Based on your Writing Inventory, please make a post to two of the following topics on the course Bb discussion board, and respond to at least two posts on one of the following topics:  SWE COMMA USAGE, COMPLETE SENTENCES IN SWE (SIMPLE; COMPOUND; COMPLEX), SWE SEMICOLON USAGE, SWE RELATIVE PRONOUN USAGE, PARALLEL CONSTRUCTIONS IN SWE, SWE VERB USAGE
READING JOURNAL ASSIGNMENTS
RJ8: First, please read “What Is a Citation?” (http://library.tamu.edu/help/help-yourself/using-materials-services/online-tutorials/citing-sources/index.html)
Second, read about “The Bibliographic Citation,” what it is, how you can use it, and how to critically understand it (http://library.tamu.edu/help/help-yourself/using-materials-services/critically-analyzing-information-sources.html )
Third, please respond to the following questions:
- What is your discipline or major?
- Do you know which style guidelines (MLA/APA/Other?) are used in your discipline/major? If not, how might you find out?
- Write one paragraph explaining the ways in which research could or is used in your discipline or major. What topics might need to be researched? What do people then do with this research? Why are credible sources important to your discipline or major?
- List three to five types of writing projects (letters, lab reports, design briefs, proposals, etc.) related to the work done in your discipline/major that might require the use of some research sources or a bibliography.
RWA8: Collecting Five Reliable Sources From the Internet and Library Databases
Please read and take notes on the following information about Beginning the Research Process, Evaluating Sources and Searching the WWW created by City Tech library professor Bronwen Densmore:
| Finding Information on the InternetLearn now to conduct more effective searches on the open internet. | ||
| Evaluating Information on the InternetLearn how to evaluate different kinds of information available online. | ||
| Identifying the Source of a WebsiteLearn what to look for in order to identify the source of a website on the open internet. | ||
OPTIONAL:read through the following information and COMPLETE THE QUIZ that is included on this site:Â http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/index.html
After reading the resources above, please locate 5 reliable sources related to your topic.  At least one of these must be a SCHOLARLY ARTICLE, and at least two of these must be taken from a library database.  Magazine articles, newspaper articles, reports, and newsletters published by reliable publishers, organizations, and associations all may be sources that you use for this project.  Once you have located the five reliable sources, save and PRINT a copy of each–if you CANNOT print the article, please make sure you are able to access an electronic copy.  Then, complete the worksheet handed out in class, writing DOWN THE BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR EACH SOURCE USING MLA STYLE GUIDELINES FOR EACH.
FOR NEXT WEEK’S ASSIGNMENT, you will be completing a Research Source Cover Sheet for each source and preparing an Annotated Bibliography. If you’d like to get started completing the research source cover sheets this week, feel free to do so.
