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A guide to research strategies, information resources, and library services.
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Goals for your Library session

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This course web site is a guide to research strategies, recommended information resources, and library services.

By the end of this class session, you should be able to:

  • Find a topic for your factual research paper and test its viability. (See Tab #8.)
  • Use a variety of resources to find more information about your topic. (See Tabs #9, 8, 7, 6.)
  • Explore and navigate both the digital and physical libraries at Cornell. (See Tabs #8, 3.)
  • Begin thinking critically about the information that you find. (See Tab #5.)

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Your Short Paper Research Assignment

College Success: Critical Reading and Thinking

Summer 2009

Tuesdays and Thursdays

 

 

Assignment: Short Research Paper [2-3 pages]

 

 

A factual research paper based on any item or topic that you find in She’s Come Undone Part I; this assignment does not include any literary analysis.  Use Strunk & White’s Elements of Style for help with grammar.  Use MLA format for your citations (see “External Links” on the course blackboard for more information about MLA format).

 

Although it is factual, the paper should be fun and interesting to read.  A short list of possible research topics from Part I might include:

 

  • the effects of TV/video games on child development
  • teen smoking trends
  • the psychological effects of obesity
  • the ramifications or statistics of physical abuse

 

or choose your own topic. Use at least three sources for your paper [since it is a short research paper, it might be difficult to use more than three].  Include at least one professional journal and one book in your sources.

 

 

NOTE:  Please come to the discussion section on July 8th prepared to share a 2-3 minute presentation of your research paper with the class.  You will receive guidelins for the presentation prior to the July 8th meeting.  We will also explore the writing process as a group.

 

 

Please put your name, assignment, class and due date on the top left corner of all assignments.  For example:

 

YOUR NAME

Short Research Paper

College Success: Critical Reading and Thinking

July 8, 2009

 

Please be sure to note your research paper topic at the beginning of the paper. For example: The Psychological Effects of Obesity

 

 

DUE:  Wednesday, July 8, 2009

 

 

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