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ACTUALLY, this one is more of a research skills assignment:

1. Give a very basic description of a chosen research topic/issue (a sentence at most). Think of a topic you might work on in your major/favorite subject. Major: Economics

2. Locate three (3) suitable scholarly sources that can support a potential essay about that topic. Here is one useful overview of what we mean by appropriate scholarly sources: https://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/howdoi/scholarly/

(Links to an external site.)

But essentially, for this exercise, your main criteria are as follows: must be either a peer-reviewed academic journal article OR chapter in a peer-reviewed scholarly book. No book reviews are permitted for this, even long ones. Some disciplines have different length conventions, but expect these to each be at least 15pp. each. No shorter than 8pp., let's say.

I will provide exactly ONE support resource for this task: Here is the library's carefully developed "Undergraduate Research Center [URC] - Guide to Library Resources" site.https://www.library.ucdavis.edu/guide/undergraduater-research-center/ Use it to help you, if you are struggling. It may or may not work for you, individually, but your job is to problem solve on this assignment and find a solution besides 1. asking your classmate peers or 2. asking me. If the library website has other services (such as research assistance providers), that is of course fair game! Online resources you locate on your own are obviously also fair game.

3. List the three (3) sources as a Reference List EXACTLY AND PERFECTLY according to your discipline's preferred citation style (MLA, Chicago, APA, etc.). Be sure to mention which one you believe you are employing, so we can verify that you followed proper formatting. For this, we are only worrying about the entry contents: author name(s), title, publication, required dates and/or online source info, etc. Here is a fabulous site that has clear examples of different types of source for each different reference style (and LOTS more-- but be sure you give yourself time to get comfortable with the sidebar navigation): https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_ guide/reference_list_basic_rules.html

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