Hello, Juniors!
The time has come for you to begin to research themes that interest you in conjunction with the texts you are reading for English class. The directions below will help you to begin the process. By the end of our session today, you'll have several good sources to turn to as you write. You must accumulate at least five citations by the end of class today.
Most of your research citations must be peer-reviewed/ scholarly research. If you find a secondary source that you think is valuable, see your teacher for input and approval before moving on.
Here are three different places to go for scholarly research.
Most of your research citations must be peer-reviewed/ scholarly research. If you find a secondary source that you think is valuable, see your teacher for input and approval before moving on.
Here are three different places to go for scholarly research.
A) Directions to access online databases for research:
Minimize this page so you'll be able to follow the directions.
1) Go to the website of your local library.
Click on "online databases" [You'll be directed immediately to this site from your school computer. If not, ask your teacher for the library card or user name. From home, you' can log in with your own library card or borrow the FHS Library code.] Search through the following databases:
Academic One File; Expanded Academic ASAP; General One File; Power Search.
Enter in different keywords until you find articles that seem of interest to you. Click on "peer-reviewed" and "full text" so that you'll find the best full sources for your area of interest.
2) Google Scholar: Did you know that Google offers specific databases for research? Go to Google, Advanced Search, then scroll down to Google Scholar. Type in your keywords. You will find abstracts [which are summaries of whole articles], book reviews, pdf's, and some articles.
3) Your teacher also holds a college library identification card, which offers access to some different databases. Ask her about this resource if you need special access to special themes.
B) Saving the citations you find:
Finding good sources is only a start! Saving is much more than copying a URL, You have to save your research in files so that you can have access to the research in the future. Here goes:
Open a Word file. Save it as "research sources for English class." Everytime you find a good source, enter in each of the following criterion:
Author
Title of article
Journal where the article was published
Date of the article's publication
Date you accessed the article
Page numbers of the citation from beginning to end
[MLA no longer requires you to save the URL, by the way.]
[MLA no longer requires you to save the URL, by the way.]
Then copy and paste any text you think might be valuable below this citation. You may just save part of an article, like the introduction, or you may save the entire article. Make sure you have the page numbers correctly noted in either case.
Yes, you must cite the author and the page numbers for websites. Citing other author's ideas does take time, but, once you get accustomed to this process, you'll be a great researcher!
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