Beginning Week #3, you will taking the first official step in the research process by completing Assignment #1. You are being asked to select a topic to work on and then gather background information on the topic from CQ Researcher, Issues & Controversies or from Gale Virtual Reference Library. These resources have been especially selected for this course as good ones to provided such background information (although any resource could potentially be a "background" resource). They are all different kinds of reference sources each with a different protocol for searching. It is always a good idea to ALWAYS link to the "help" link to discover HOW the particular database searches for information. Try to discover different kinds (possibly better ways) of searches within a single database. These particular databases of course DO NOT use subject headings but have other ways to search.
As far as topic selection goes, it is advisable to select from the topics available in CQ or in Issues & Controversies. Both reference sources have a topic selection link. When reading/scanning these article, the idea is to "build" a vocabulary unique to your topic for future searching in other databases (book catalog, periodical databases, search engines). Write down unique keyword and/or keyword phrases which you could potentially use in future searches
If you are using Issues & Controversies as one of your background sources, make sure you are only using the "featured" articles and NOT the encyclopedia or the almanac.
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Jane I have reviewed assignments due for up coming week, but a little confused about filling out "Locating Background Information Scoring Rubric" assignment. Can you please walk me through what you want us to do for this requirement ( I guess I don't understand if this is a cut and paste and rate ourselves according to those standards or is there is a actual rating form that I have missed?). Please expand further on this for me.
I am think you need to either underline or highlight the levels you evaluate your self in “rubric" I also believe this need to do end of our assignment. After you did all your research. I am understood wrongly? Please advice
Thanks
Take a look a the "rubric" which will be at the end of each assignment. Rate/Rank yourself by highlighting or underlining appropriate categories. You may of course skip around and then average the total points together.
jj
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