Lesson 9 Review

Due:  Wednesday, March 12, 2008

 

Hour I

Research your subject in these tools &/or areas:

• A general database, e.g., Academic Search Premier

   

• A database in a discipline or specific subject, e.g., Applied Science and Technology Abstracts, Anthropological Literature Online

   

• The library catalog

   

• The World Wide Web

   

Follow up on your chosen search results by going to the full-text of your sources, either online or in print.  Be sure to save this information by emailing it to yourself or saving it to a flash drive or printing out at least the first two pages or relevant bibliographic pages of any print source.  Be sure to keep track of the following:

1.      The process you followed to conduct your searches.  Hint:  Keep detailed notes of your process or you will have difficulty completing the work.

2.      The bibliographic data that you need to find these items again and to cite them in a bibliography

Part 2: Documenting Your Research

When you have finished your search process, prepare a blog essay that describes the following:

·        A description of your research process

o       What research tool did you use first and why?

o       Where did you go next and why?

o       What search terms did you use and why?

o       What evaluative techniques did you apply?

o       What adjustments did you make to your search and why?

·        List your research sources – all of them, whether you found something in them or not – and explain why you chose them.

o       What did you find in each source

o       What bibliographic information did you identify and keep for each source

• A statement about what new information you learned about your cluster topic

   

• A discussion of how you would continue your research including

   

  • two complex research questions about your subject

     

  • another database you could search for more information

     

Part 3: Preparation for November 16

Bring your bibliographic results to class on November 16, along with the couple of pages from each entry because we will work with these further.

Note:  This will be worth 10 points and will be graded according to the Portfolio rubric which was distributed in class and which is also on BlackBoard.

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