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ResearchandFormattingFall181.pptxResearch and formatting
By
Instructor Howard Cuadros
Lesson objectives
Students will understand how to find credible sources.
Students will be able to analyze a source to determine its credibility.
Students will understand how to use the library resources to find sources.
Students will be able to create in-text citations.
Students will be able to create a Works Cited page.
What’s Scholarly and what’s not
In brief, scholarly work is:
written by experts for experts
based on original research or intellectual inquiry
provides citations for all sources used
is usually peer reviewed prior to publication
For example: peer-reviewed journal articles
Popular sources
While many of your research projects will require you to read articles published in scholarly journals, books or other peer reviewed source of information, there is also a wealth of information to be found in more popular publications. These aim to inform a wide array of readers about issues of interest and are much more informal in tone and scope. Examples include general news, business and entertainment publications such as Time Magazine, Business Weekly, Vanity Fair.
Note, special interest publications which are not specifically written for an academic audience are also considered "popular" i.e., National Geographic, Scientific American, Psychology Today.
<https://help.library.ubc.ca/evaluating-and-citing-sources/scholarly-versus-popular-sources/>
The traAp test
| Timeliness When was the source published or updated? Does the topic require the most current information? |
| Relevance Is this source really relevant to your topic? Are there better sources available? |
| Authority Who wrote this source? What are their credentials? Does the website url reveal anything about the author or source? .edu? .gov? .org? |
| Accuracy How true and reliable is the content? Can you verify the information in another source or from personal knowledge? |
| Purpose What is the purpose of this web site? Does it inform, persuade, advertise, mislead, etc? |
NOrthlake College’s online library
https://www.northlakecollege.edu/services/academic-support/library/pages/default.aspx
Topic: Teen Pregnancy versus Teen Pregnancy in the United States
Search engine: Academic Search Complete
Components of formatting
One-inch margins
Paper must be double-spaced
Each page must have your last name and number (top-right justified)
Use Times New Roman font, size 12
Title must be centered
Heading must be top-left justified and double-spaced with the following information:
Name
Professor’s name
Class
Date in standard English form; for example, 10 April 2018.
Formatting: Works Cited page
Works Cited is centered on the topic of the page
Must be double spaced
Included in the overall paper pagination
Works cited page: MLA Format
http://libguides.eastfieldcollege.edu/citations/mla
Sample Paper:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/13/
In-text citations
How to write quotes within a paragraph…
Quotes should be interwoven into sentences.
When referring to the source itself, use the present tense. Use the author writes or Pagis writes, “………”
Example #1
According to a Comparison of 3 Methods of Onychectomy, Onychectomy is defined as “an elective surgery that requires the removal of the third phalanx that renders cats unable to scratch” (Clark 255).
Example # 2
Germany, for instance, was no stranger to anti-Semitism as their rural gentry was known to be anti-Semites (Singer 405). Even before Luther published his pamphlet, the Jews had been expelled from Brandenburg, and after his publication in 1543, more sanctions were placed on Jews, including restrictions for travel, commerce and protection (405).
Example # 3
On page four, Rosa’s complexion is ‘bleak’ and ‘dark like cholera, which the author applies another rhetorical device- the simile- to liken the physiological with disease. The motif of opposites is then seen when Rosa’s choleric complexion is juxtaposed against Magda’s “eyes blue as air, smooth feathers of hair nearly as yellow as the Star sewn into Rosa’s coat” (4).
Annotated Bibliography
Requirements for assignment:
One scholarly source
One popular source
150-200 word review of each source
MLA formatting
Upload in Turnitin by Dec 2nd at midnight
Homework Assignment suggestions
Find all of your sources now
On your annotated bibliography, only one popular source and one scholarly source is needed.
Use the sources you found for your annotated bibliography in your final paper.
