English 1, Unit 2

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English 1, Unit 2
English 1, Unit 2
Academic Analysis
Conducting Research to find Multiple
Perspectives
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Three Modules

• Identifying types of periodicals
• 2) Using article databases effectively
• 3) Evaluating Web-based information

• Look at magazines and journals
• Discuss Google, Search for articles
• Evaluate a web site

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If you dont remember what you learn today,
please ask for help.
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will show you how to reach us.
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You will learn the most from todays session if
you

• Participate in the activities
• Click through web pages with me

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25 minutes of me talking 25 minutes of action
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www.marquette.edu/library/
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Librarys Web Site for English 1 and 2
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Module One
Identifying
Identifying
Identifying
Identifying
Types of
Periodicals
Periodicals
Periodicals
Periodicals
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• Click on
• Using Articles

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Five types
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Scholarly Journals Audience scholars in the
fieldPurpose to educate and share research
discoveriesUse for expert opinions and recent
research results
Popular, News and Opinion Magazines Audience
general publicPurpose to entertain, inform and
offer commentaryUse for current topics, trends
and popular culture
Trade Magazines Audience specific professionals
or hobbyistsPurpose to share new information in
the fieldUse for subject-specific information
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Alternative Press Audience anyone with
interests outside the mainstreamPurpose to
present and report from a different
perspectiveUse for exposure to diverse
viewpoints
Newspapers Audience general publicPurpose to
report most recent newsUse for current and/or
local events
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Class Activity Evaluating Sources

• Work in pairs
• 1St publication Flip through and discuss
• 2nd publication Flip through and discuss
• 3rd publication Flip through and discuss

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Talk Should sound like a restaurant!

• Who is the intended audience of your publication?
• What is your publications purpose?
• Are there any photos, articles or advertisements
  that suggest the publications point of view, or
  bias?
• Do the articles have bibliographies?
• Is your publication scholarly, popular, trade, or
  alternative?

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Okay, tell the class what you found.

• Audience
• Purpose
• Publications point of view
• Bibliographies
• Scholarly, popular, trade,
• or alternative

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What are your questions so far?
I will not dress up the Pere Marquette statue
like a woman.
I will not dress up the Pere Marquette statue
like a woman.
I will not dress up the Pere Marque statue like a
woman.
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Module Two
Using
Article Databases
Effectively
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Click on
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Class Activity Database Searching
ProQuest Research Library
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Focusing the Topic to a Manageable Size
How does the involvement of parents
affect college students experience?
Remember to look for competing perspectives.
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Parents and involvement and college
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Okay, thats a good start.
What other steps can you take to find more
sources?
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• Alternate Search Terms
• New Database
• Ask a Librarian

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Remember those subject suggestions? Use these as
alternative terms for another search.
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Parents parenting AND College students
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• Alternate Search Terms
• New Database
• Ask a Librarian

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Almost always youll want to search more than one
database.
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Good resources for your English 1 assignment on
multiple perspectives Alt-Press Watch CQ
Researcher
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Remember which periodical type was missing from
the tabs in ProQuest?
Thats where Alt-Press Watch comes in handy.
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CQ Researcher
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CQ Researcher
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CQ Researcher
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• Alternate Search Terms
• New Database
• Ask a Librarian

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What are your questions at this point?
I will not bungie jump from the Raynor Library
bridge.
I will not bungie jump from the Raynor Library
bridge.
I will not bungie jump from the Rayn Library
bridge.
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Module Three
Evaluating
Web-Based
Information
Need your attention after the last module activity
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Signpost offers evaluation criteria for web sites.
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Not just good or bad anymore

• Continuum of quality and usefulness.

• Professors expect you to know where your sources
  fall on this continuum

• How will you decide? By applying evaluation
  criteria from the Signpost.

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Return from Proquest screen

• Click on HOME.
• Click on Research Starting Points.
• Click on The Signpost.

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• Click on
• Criteria for Web Sites

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Five questions
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Use your common sense, but also be
careful! Marquette faculty will expect good
judgment.
1. Is the information authoritative?
2. What point of view, or bias, do you detect?
2. Is there evidence of objectivity or advocacy?
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4. Is the information current?
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Class Activity Evaluating Web Sites
Sites to Evaluate

• Work in pairs.
• Choose a web site from the Signpost list.
• Take 5 minutes to evaluate it
• Assign a 1-4 rating for each criterion
• Justify your ratings in writing (comments area)

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Final Word
C i t a t i o n s
Need your attention after the last module activity
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List of Items
Author Title Journal Volume Issue
Publication date Page s Database Database
company Library University Date
accessed Company URL
Xin Ma Dropping out of advanced Teachers College
Record 101 1 Fall 1999 60 ProQuest Research
Library ProQuest-CSA LLC Raynor Memorial
Libraries Marquette University September 17,
2007 www. proquest.com/
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Template
Example
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Also your textbook
Ramage, Bean, and Johnson, Allyn and Bacon
Guide to Writing 4th ed. chapter 22 (pages
662-674)
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