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Collaborative Inventing Strategies

• Discussion
• Brainstorming
• Research

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Taking Research Notes
Taylor, S.O. (1978) Women in a Double Bind
Hazards of the Argumentative Edge, CCC (29), pp.
385-89. Position Paper Theoretical Anecdotal.
College Women. Key Point Women caught in a
double bind Raised to be conciliatory, but told
to write argumentatively. OK article, but based
too much on Robin Lakoff and doesnt provide
enough info about the nature of the discourse
community. Also tends to over-generalize. Women
students, when they take composition courses, are
at an invisible, though real disadvantage,
because both the methods and the goals of such
classes are alien to them. This fact is
unacknowledged or perhaps is unrecognized by the
instructor (Over)
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Database Searches

• Database search strategy sheet

Concept 1 And And Concept 2 And And Concept 3 Not Not Exclude
Electric Cars Electric Cars
Or
Electric Autos Electric Autos Batteries Batteries Batteries Storage Storage Storage
Or

Or

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Database Searches

• Database Search Results
• Electric Cars 28
• Electric Automobiles 139
• Automobiles Electric 91
• 1 or 2 or 3 232
• 4 and batteries 47
• 5 and storage 25

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Database Searches

• Some common databases
• Wilson Applied Science and Technology Index cites
  every article of at least one column published in
  more than 390 periodicals.
• INSPEC contains abstracts and indexing from
  thousands of journals, conference proceedings,
  books, reports, and dissertations, covering all
  aspects of physics, electrical engineering,
  electronics, computers, and information
  technology.
• ABI/Inform indexes articles on business
  conditions in the United States and other
  countries, covering all management disciplines
  and specific products, companies, and industries.
  
• Humanities and Social Sciences Index indexes
  articles from more than 350 periodicals covering
  about 30 fields, including economics,
  international relations, law, planning and public
  administration, policy sciences, public welfare,
  and urban studies.

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Research on the Web
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Research on the Web
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Research on the Web

• Key questions for assessing websites
• Is the source appropriate?
• Is the site current?
• Is the site authoritative?
• Is the site objective?
• Is quality controlled?