English research

police and prison

Before going to use a library database, answer the following:

● What is your general topic for paper?
● What is the specific problem you plan to address in paper?
● Who are the people or organizations involved/affected?
● List search terms:
● List synonyms for search terms:
● What limiters can you use to limit search? Date? Location? Other specific details?

Use library databases to find TWO peer-reviewed/academic articles:

1st Peer Reviewed Journal Article
● Title:
● Author:
● Date Published:
● First published in:
● Important keywords (write down terms that the author uses more than once or twice):
● When and where did the events covered in this article take place?
● What is the basic thesis of this article?

2nd Peer Reviewed Journal Article
● Title:
● Author:
● Date Published:
● First published in:
● Important keywords (write down terms that the author uses more than once or twice):
● When and where did the events covered in this article take place?
● What is the basic thesis of this article?

After conducting research via peer-reviewed academic sources, use Proquest or other news database to find news articles published since 2010 that relate to your topic:

1st News Article Since 2010
● Title:
● Author:
● Date Published:
● First published in:
● Important keywords (write down terms that the speaker uses more than once or twice):
● When and where did the events covered in this article take place?
● What events are continuing to develop? What still must be determined?

2nd News Article Since 2010
● Title:
● Author:
● Date Published:
● First published in:
● Important keywords (write down terms that the speaker uses more than once or twice):
● When and where did the events covered in this article take place?
● What events are continuing to develop? What still must be determined?

Research Proposal

After finding and scanning at least two peer-reviewed academic journal articles
and two news articles, answer the following. Type these answers and
submit hard-copy as your Research Proposal.

● My topic for this research paper will be:
● Specifically, I want to learn about:
● This topic interests me because:
● Some words, terms, names, companies, etc. that I recognize are:
● Some words, terms, names, companies, etc. that I need to define or research further are:
● This issue that I am researching is a problem because:
● The groups/individuals involved in this problem are:
● 1st group:
● What does 1st group want?
● Why?
● Other groups:
● What do other groups want?
● Why?
● The main obstacle to resolving this issue is:
● My three biggest remaining questions are:
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● My preliminary thesis for this research paper is: