Research Paper: Part Two
This is due APRIL 4th, but you can hand it in any time before that. This gives you lots of time to visit the Writing Centre, ask for help, buy ink for the printer and make sure the dog has lots of other delicious things to snack on.
Here are the instructions.
Here are the instructions.
First Step of Research Assignment: Annotated Bibliography
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ANNOTATED BIB. GRADING GRID
/6 three good sources in English (academic, peer-reviewed, new enough, long enough, on topic) /2 one good source in French, or one general source in French and fourth English source /4 perfect MLA format /8 Annotations which address the author’s credentials, research method, research question and conclusions, utility of the source. /4 Quality of writing. Spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, formal tone (avoiding casual language, the use of “I”), etc. |
Research ProjectPart A Annotated Bibliography worth 5%. You must submit Part A before you can do Part B (15% research paper).
DUE: February 21st The Assignment You will learn about an artist/author/thinker from the Enlightenment by finding books or academic journal articles on an online database. You will focus on how various scholars have interpreted your subject's life/work/influence/etc. What to do? PART A. 1. Pick your topic: Any person from the Chapters 24, 25, or 26 is fair game. 2. Use a database for academic journal articles (John Abbott website-->Library Media Services-->Find Articles-->JSTOR or other database and sign in using student number). You need to find four sources including one in French. Academic books are OK too. 3. Write bibliographic citations. 4. Evaluate their usefulness for your topic and write annotations for each that answer the questions posted on the class website. 5. Hand this in to be marked. When you get it back you will do Part B. |
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EXAMPLE: Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages. Database, doi or URL.
Schwartz, Joan M. "Photographic Reflections: Nature, Landscape, and Environment." Environmental History, vol. 12, no. 4, 2007, pp. 966-93. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25473170.
Schwartz, Joan M. "Photographic Reflections: Nature, Landscape, and Environment." Environmental History, vol. 12, no. 4, 2007, pp. 966-93. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25473170.
Q. How do I find articles?
Go to the John Abbott website. Click on Library. Find the "Search for Articles" tab. If you are off campus it will ask you for your student number. Best databases for us are JSTOR, Academic Search Complete and Academic OneFile.
Q. Are my sources good?
A. Here are some questions to ask yourself to help you evaluate your sources:
- Is it an article from an academic journal or a scholarly book? (not a website or a review of a book)
- Is it a recent source?
- Does it directly address your topic?
If you answer "yes" to these three questions, it is likely that your sources are good.
- Is it an article from an academic journal or a scholarly book? (not a website or a review of a book)
- Is it a recent source?
- Does it directly address your topic?
If you answer "yes" to these three questions, it is likely that your sources are good.