Thursday, July 17, 2014

Today in class

Today in class,we will first have a quiz on Vocabulary List 8. Secondly, we will be working on finding background resources to help narrow our topics, and using the BYU Library to help us out with this. You must follow all of the steps in the order they are given.

1. Please open http://m.socrative.com in another tab. Once you are there, it will ask you to put in a room number. The room number is: 978947. Wait until the teacher starts the assignment and you can begin. When you are finished, you can exit out of the window.

2. You should go to http://guides.lib.byu.edu/content.php?pid=44757&sid=2728463, and read the information in sections Picking a Topic, Gathering Information, & Narrowing Your Topic.

3. On the side of the same page, there is a section titled Basic Background Information Resources. I would like you to look at the section Indexes to Specialized Encyclopedias. You should practice using the 3 tools in this section (Gale Virtual Reference Library, Brittanica Online, RefSeek) using the general terms of your topic. 

4. Download this Background Research Worksheet. You will need to put the information that you find from the background sources You will need to complete this and email this to me by 5 pm tomorrow. Use Gale Virtual Reference Library and Brittanica Online to find the information. These will be for your background knowledge and to find key words and other references.

5. (Optional) If you have enough background knowledge for your topic, you can add real resources to your worksheet. Go to http://guides.lib.byu.edu/content.php?pid=220379&sid=3231114#,  Please watch the tutorials for Academic Search Premier (EBSCO), and Scholar Search Books and More, and then use them to find real sources for your paper. These will be for your support and details of your essay.

 Homework: Complete both of the following by 5 pm on Friday, July 18th.

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