eng 2100 fall 2009 heung
DESCRIPTION
Presentation for a workshop for ENG 2100 (a freshman composition course) at Baruch College. The professor wanted me to focus less on finding sources and more on evaluating and using them.TRANSCRIPT
Evaluating and Using
SourcesStephen
FrancoeurNewman LibraryBaruch College
4 November 2009
Research Survey to Determine the Mobility of Physicians in the Chicago Area Being Conducted at the University of Chicago with the Aid of Forty [40] National Youth Administration Employees. N.d. New York Public Library. NYPL Digital Gallery. Web. 4 November 2009. <http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1260389>.
Learning Goals
Students will be able to:• Evaluate sources based on multiple,
relevant criteria• Distinguish between source types by
analyzing source citations• Compose citations for online sources
Books
Search the Library Catalog
Articles
Search a database, such as:•Academic Search Complete
•LexisNexis Academic
•Opposing Viewpoints
Search Basics
BAD IDEA purpose of a college education
BETTER IDEA
purpose AND college education
BEST IDEA
(purpose OR goal) AND college education
Evaluating Sources
• Date of publication• Scholarly vs. popular• Credibility of author
Scholarly-Popular Continuum
Scholarly Popular
Scholarly Journals
• Audience = fellow scholars
• Long articles• Bibliographies• Jargon• Peer reviewed
Magazines and Newspapers
• Audience = everyday readers
• Short articles• No bibliographies• Everyday language• Not peer reviewed
Credibility
Google the author to learn if author:
– Teaches on this topic?– Written more than once on the topic?– Has degrees related to the topic?– Works in a field related to the topic?
Available at the Library
Sample Citations
Schrecker, Ellen. Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America. Boston: Little, Brown, 1998. Print.
Schrecker, Ellen. “McCarthyism: Political Repression and the Fear of Communism.” Social Review 71:4 (2004), 1041-1086. Print.
Thatcher, Margaret. “My Cozy Cottage.” Ladies Home Journal (September 19, 2001), 45-46. Print.
Citing Websites Using MLA
Purdue OWLhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
“Do Professors Matter?”http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/10/30/
katopes
How Was It?
1. What are three things I learned about research today that I didn’t already know?
2. What is one thing about research that we should have covered or that I’m still unclear about?