Short Research Project (10 points)
Purposes:
- To learn to work effectively with a librarian to find information.
- To become familiar with some of the resources at the library
- To find some background on course texts and add to our class discussion
- To practice the kind of research youll be doing for essay #2
This week, youll need to find some information related to the texts that we will be discussing in class. Youll need to summarize information from one source (a book chapter, text on a website, journal or magazine article), and share this information with the class during our discussion.
Youll need to find information on: ________________
Due Date: _________________
Breakdown of points
Working with librarian 1
Search and list of titles 3
Summary 5
Reporting out to class 1
10 total
Name of Librarian you worked with: _______________________________
Librarians signature: ____________________________________
1. Explain your search process (where and how you looked for information databases, keywords, etc):
2. A list of some (3-5) of the titles you found (articles, websites, books, etc) relating to your specific topic.
3. A paragraph summary of one of the sources, including title, author, and source:
To get full points on this assignment, youll need to contribute to class discussion and share this information with the class.