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ENGL1010--Composition I--Mr. Jay Mouton
Library Instructor:
Tisa Houck (697-2577)
"If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?"--Albert Einstein
Assignment:
Each student will write a 3-4 page research paper on a topic of their choice. Three to five sources are required, which might include academic journals, books, essays, and/or articles published no earlier than 2000. No simple web pages, blogs, or advertisements may be used.
1.
Electronic Databases:
(Require current passwords for
off-campus access.)
For full-text articles on a broad range of topics from magazines,
newspapers, reference books, some multimedia, etc., select from :
MasterFile Premier--defaults to Keyword searching for very specific
information needs
(ex. "wilderness survival" or police and dogs)
Lexis Nexis Academic--information from worldwide news sources
(ex. wilderness and "survival skills" or "k-9 units"
and law enforcement )
Tips for finding information from electronic databases:
Think of all the synonyms that you can use to find information about your topic, such as wilderness, nature, woods, etc.
Do several searches by combining words with and as well as by using terms side-by-side, such as wilderness and survival or "police dogs" to see different results. (Use quotation marks around a phrase.)
Use an asterick (*) to get varied word endings, ex. surviv* finds survival and survive .
Scan an article before you print; some articles may be quite long or not as useful as you had hoped.
Email articles to yourself if you don't have time to read them online, or they are too long to print.
Choose information from the best sources, not just the first ones you see.
2. Books to
check out or view online:
tab on the library's homepage. | Encyclopedia of survival techniques / Alexander Stilwell. | Stilwell, Alexander. | 2000 | |||||
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| How science works [electronic resource] : evaluating evidence in biology and medicine / Stephen H. Jenkins. | Jenkins, Stephen H. | 2004 | |||||
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| Sniffing out terrorism : [electronic resource] the use of dogs in homeland security : hearing before the Subcommittee on Prevention of [sic] Management, Integration, and Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundre | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight. | 2007 | |||||
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3. Reliable Internet sites
When using the Internet, use only sites that are authoritative and reliable, such as:
Librarians' Internet Index (http://lii.org/)
Advanced Google Search (Limit results to domains with .org, .edu, or .gov)
4. MLA citation formats
Tisa Houck
10/07