3.20.2014

0320 Day18: Citations (cont.) & Introduction to Research Paper

Today we will:
1. Format the paper using your style (worksheet) (answer)
    Answers to formatting guidelines (across styles)
2. Share our papers with people using different styles.
3. Introduce unit 3 & 4
4. Introduce Research Process (answer)
5. Defining a research question & Pre-research

Next time we will:
1. Introduce Annotated Bibliography

Assignment: due April 1st. T
1. Submit major Assignment 2 to Compass 2g.

2. Define a research questions for Major Assignment 3&4.
Save it to Google drive-Major Assignment 3-topic funnel.doc
Follow the steps below.

§Choose two different topics you are interested in
§Narrow down the scope of the topics
§Carry out a preliminary research. That is, familiarize yourself with the topic
§Try to determine if there are any credible sources available to do a research on it
§Write a tentative research question for each of these topics
§Write an outline of your research and support each point with at least one potential source.

3. Writer's Help : Do two exercises from ESL501N Citation Styles-in text
                and ESL501N Citation Styles-references list (4 exercises in total)

*IEEE style users, there is no exercise for you on Writer's Help. You can work on ESL501N paragraph coherence instead for this assignment. (Do 2 exercises). If you are not an IEEE user, this one is optional!