DUE: 07.25.07. POINTS: 20.
Research Log 20:
For your final research log, you will need to create a comprehensive & annotate outline that throroughly plots the framework of your arguement. Avoid empty tags that do not explicitly describe your work (NO 1 OR 2 WORD TAGS!). Included within this essay should be 1) A fully developed thesis that you intend to use in your essay, 2) inclusion of specific source material into the fabric of your outline, & 3) detailed structure support, & evidence for your arguement. If done properly, this outline should end up being several pages long.
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Research Log 19:
This assignment should assist you in noticing connections between your sources. In your research log, identify connections among your sources. Ask whether information in one source agrees or disagrees with information in another. How might you handle these connections in your research project? A table, similar to the one below, can be utilized to map out these connections explicitly:
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Research Logs 15-18:
You will complete these research logs in the library over the next 2 weeks; they are intended to guide you in the research process, in that they will help you evaluate & document sources through active reading. The work you complete on these logs will also be extremely beneficial when developing your Annotated Bibliography.
Research Log 20:
For your final research log, you will need to create a comprehensive & annotate outline that throroughly plots the framework of your arguement. Avoid empty tags that do not explicitly describe your work (NO 1 OR 2 WORD TAGS!). Included within this essay should be 1) A fully developed thesis that you intend to use in your essay, 2) inclusion of specific source material into the fabric of your outline, & 3) detailed structure support, & evidence for your arguement. If done properly, this outline should end up being several pages long.
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Research Log 19:
This assignment should assist you in noticing connections between your sources. In your research log, identify connections among your sources. Ask whether information in one source agrees or disagrees with information in another. How might you handle these connections in your research project? A table, similar to the one below, can be utilized to map out these connections explicitly:
| SOURCE: | SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES: | RESPONSE: |
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Research Logs 15-18:
You will complete these research logs in the library over the next 2 weeks; they are intended to guide you in the research process, in that they will help you evaluate & document sources through active reading. The work you complete on these logs will also be extremely beneficial when developing your Annotated Bibliography.
Please, for each of the 4 research logs, fill out the following form:
1) Research Log #:
2) Date of Completion:
3) Proper MLA-formatted citation:
4) 2 full pages of notes & annotations on the source:
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Research Log 14:
To generate keywords for your searches, write out your research question and then underline or boldface the most important words and phrases in the sentence. Brainstorm a list of related words and phrases:
Most Recent Version of Your Research Question:
1. Underline or highlight important words and phrases in your research question.
2. For each word, brainstorm a list of related words or phrases that you can use in your electronic searches for sources:
3. For each phrase, brainstorm a list of related words or phrases that you can use in your electronic searches for sources:
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Research Log 13:
As you get ready to search online library catalogs, return to your search plan and create a list of names, keywords, and phrases. Examine your working bibliography to identify the authors, titles, and subjects of your best sources. Then answer the following questions.
1. Which author names should I use to search by author?
2. What are the titles of works that have been referred to me or that I have found in Works Cited pages that I can use to search by title?
3. Which keywords and phrases can I use to search by word?
4. Which keywords and phrases can I use to search by subject?
5. Does it make sense to search by date? If so, what date ranges should I search within?
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Research Log 12:
A search plan helps you to organize the steps you'll follow as you begin to search for information on your research writing project. In your research log, create a search plan using the following questions.
1. What types of sources are most relevant to my issue?
2. What types of resources should I use to locate information?
3. Which search strategies should I use with each resource?
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Research Log 11:
Answer these questions, they should aid you in developing your Research Proposal.
My primary source & specific focus are:
My research question or working thesis is (provide complete sentences):
The focused aspects of the subject matter I plan to analyze include:
I have tried the following sources and used the following keywords in my search:
These are my specific questions for the librarian:
These are the obstacles I think I might encounter in my research:
These are the solutions I plan to try to overcome these obstacles:
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Research Log 10:
One way to develop your detailed hypothesis is to rewrite one of your more narrowed questions form the research plan as a polished declarative statement that you intend to prove. As you continue your research, you may come to disagree with that statement, but at least beginning with a tentative thesis gives you somewhere to start. Please, write about a half page on each question. These questions should move you toward a hypothesis, or tentative thesis.
1. The opening sketch question sets forth the writer’s familiarity with the primary source.
Question: I already know this about my primary source…
2. The next question moves the writer toward a specific argument.
Question: I want to know more about…
3. The last question beings to create a hypothesis for the project.
Question: The specific aspects of this topic I hope to explore are…
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Research Log 9:
Complete the following activity in your research log to help you develop and refine your preliminary research question.
1. To develop potential research questions, identify the issue you are focusing on and write ten questions related to the conversation you have decided to join. Complete the following table by beginning each question with one of the following words: what, why, when, where, who, how, would/could, should.
What Questions: focus your attention on a particular aspect of a primary source by asking questions about facts, such as, what is the cause of a particular problem or what caused something to occur.
Why Questions: focus your attention on a particular aspect of a primary source by asking for an explanation of something, such as why something happened or why it did not happen, or why one thing is better than another.
When Questions: focus your attention on aspects of a primary source related to timing or history.
Where Questions: focus your attention on aspects of a primary source related to location, geographic or otherwise.
Who Questions: focus your attention on aspects of a primary source related to people or personalities.
How Questions: focus your attention on aspects of a primary source related to process or origins.
As you get ready to search online library catalogs, return to your search plan and create a list of names, keywords, and phrases. Examine your working bibliography to identify the authors, titles, and subjects of your best sources. Then answer the following questions.
1. Which author names should I use to search by author?
2. What are the titles of works that have been referred to me or that I have found in Works Cited pages that I can use to search by title?
3. Which keywords and phrases can I use to search by word?
4. Which keywords and phrases can I use to search by subject?
5. Does it make sense to search by date? If so, what date ranges should I search within?
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Research Log 12:
A search plan helps you to organize the steps you'll follow as you begin to search for information on your research writing project. In your research log, create a search plan using the following questions.
1. What types of sources are most relevant to my issue?
2. What types of resources should I use to locate information?
3. Which search strategies should I use with each resource?
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Research Log 11:
Answer these questions, they should aid you in developing your Research Proposal.
My primary source & specific focus are:
My research question or working thesis is (provide complete sentences):
The focused aspects of the subject matter I plan to analyze include:
I have tried the following sources and used the following keywords in my search:
These are my specific questions for the librarian:
These are the obstacles I think I might encounter in my research:
These are the solutions I plan to try to overcome these obstacles:
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Research Log 10:
One way to develop your detailed hypothesis is to rewrite one of your more narrowed questions form the research plan as a polished declarative statement that you intend to prove. As you continue your research, you may come to disagree with that statement, but at least beginning with a tentative thesis gives you somewhere to start. Please, write about a half page on each question. These questions should move you toward a hypothesis, or tentative thesis.
1. The opening sketch question sets forth the writer’s familiarity with the primary source.
Question: I already know this about my primary source…
2. The next question moves the writer toward a specific argument.
Question: I want to know more about…
3. The last question beings to create a hypothesis for the project.
Question: The specific aspects of this topic I hope to explore are…
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Research Log 9:
Complete the following activity in your research log to help you develop and refine your preliminary research question.
1. To develop potential research questions, identify the issue you are focusing on and write ten questions related to the conversation you have decided to join. Complete the following table by beginning each question with one of the following words: what, why, when, where, who, how, would/could, should.
What Questions: focus your attention on a particular aspect of a primary source by asking questions about facts, such as, what is the cause of a particular problem or what caused something to occur.
Why Questions: focus your attention on a particular aspect of a primary source by asking for an explanation of something, such as why something happened or why it did not happen, or why one thing is better than another.
When Questions: focus your attention on aspects of a primary source related to timing or history.
Where Questions: focus your attention on aspects of a primary source related to location, geographic or otherwise.
Who Questions: focus your attention on aspects of a primary source related to people or personalities.
How Questions: focus your attention on aspects of a primary source related to process or origins.
Would and Could Questions: focus your attention on aspects of a primary source related to possibilities.
Should Questions: focus your attention on aspects of a primary source related to the appropriateness of a particular action, policy, procedure, or decision.
2. Choose the research question that best meets the needs of your writing situation, including your purpose and roles and your readers’ purposes, interests, values, and beliefs.
3. Refine your working research question by replacing vague words and phrases with more specific words and phrases.
4. Ask whether you should refine your research question by referring to shared assumptions and existing conditions.
5. Test your refined research question by conducting preliminary searches of library catalogs, databases, and the Web.
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Research Log 8:
Think about your purpose for starting your research project and then about which role or roles are best suited to helping you achieve that purpose. The following activity can help you rank the relative importance of the potential roles you might adopt as you work on your project. Remember that you can adopt more than one role as a research writer. Read the description of the following roles, then write about each role's importance to your project & how you might incorporate that role into the fabric of your work.
Advocates: present evidence in favor of their side of an argument and, in many cases, offer additional evidence that undermines opposing views. If you plan to write an argument, you’ll most likely adopt the role of advocate.
Reporters: often present themselves as experts and present detailed but neutral (unbiased) information on a topic. Their writing is authoritative and suggests that they are knowledgeable. A reporter might also write a document that provides an overview of competing ideas about a topic, such as a guide to the positions of candidates for public office.
Interpreters: analyze and explain the significance of ideas or events. An interpreter acts in some ways like a reporter. However, while reporters tend to present the information they’ve found in their sources as factual, interpreters are more likely to speculate about or question the accuracy and meaning of the sources they cite.
Inquirers: typically present new information about a topic. For instance, a scientist might conduct a study that tests the effects of a new diet; the report that emerged from the study would present the results. If you plan to conduct your own laboratory or field studies, you will most likely adopt the role of inquirer.
Entertainers: attempt to amuse or divert their readers. Although entertainment is not a primary goal in academic or professional writing, it is often an important part of articles written for magazines, newspapers, and Web sites. Research writers often write informative articles in an entertaining way in an attempt to keep their readers interested.
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Research Log 7:
In your research log, complete the following activity to narrow the scope of your project.
1. What are the three most important issues I have identified so far?
2. Of these issues, which one will best help me sustain my interest in this project?
3. Which one will best help me achieve my purposes as a writer?
4. Which one will best address my readers’ needs and interests?
5. Which one best fits the requirements of my assignment?
6. Which one is most appropriate for the type of document I plan to write?
7. Which one has the fewest limitations?
8. Which one allows me to best take advantage of opportunities?
9. Based on these answers, the issue I want to choose is:
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Research Log 6:
Research Log 7:
In your research log, complete the following activity to narrow the scope of your project.
1. What are the three most important issues I have identified so far?
2. Of these issues, which one will best help me sustain my interest in this project?
3. Which one will best help me achieve my purposes as a writer?
4. Which one will best address my readers’ needs and interests?
5. Which one best fits the requirements of my assignment?
6. Which one is most appropriate for the type of document I plan to write?
7. Which one has the fewest limitations?
8. Which one allows me to best take advantage of opportunities?
9. Based on these answers, the issue I want to choose is:
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Research Log 6:
By taking the time to reflect on your efforts to explore your primary source, you can begin to understand it more clearly—& potentially reduce the amount of time it can take to explore. This activity asks a series of questions that can help you review what you've learned about your primary source by talking with others, observing, searching, & browsing.
1. What is my primary source?
1. What is my primary source?
2. Have I discussed my primary sourcec with others? If so, what have I learned? If not, who are likely candidates for interviews—such as librarians, instructors, & persons involved with or affected by my primary source—& what questions should I ask them?
3. Are there any preliminary observations I should conduct? Have I done so? If so, what have I learned?
4. Have I found & reviewed sources? Have I searched the library catalog & browsed the shelves? Have I searched databases & the Web? Have I skimmed, marked, annotated, & taken brief notes on the sources I’ve found? If so, what have I learned about my primary source?
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Research Log 5:
4. Have I found & reviewed sources? Have I searched the library catalog & browsed the shelves? Have I searched databases & the Web? Have I skimmed, marked, annotated, & taken brief notes on the sources I’ve found? If so, what have I learned about my primary source?
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Research Log 5:
This activity helps you develop a plan to explore your subject matter. The following questions help you take stock of resources you can use to locate, collect, and manage information related material. Answer the following questions:
1. Who can help me learn more about my subject matter?
2. What questions should I ask people on my list?
3. What settings should I observe to learn more about my subject matter?
4. Which resources can I search or browse to learn more about my subject matter?
5. How can I keep track of information I collect as I explore my subject matter?
Using your responses, write your plan as a series of steps and ask your instructor, your supervisor, or a librarian to review it.
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1. Who can help me learn more about my subject matter?
2. What questions should I ask people on my list?
3. What settings should I observe to learn more about my subject matter?
4. Which resources can I search or browse to learn more about my subject matter?
5. How can I keep track of information I collect as I explore my subject matter?
Using your responses, write your plan as a series of steps and ask your instructor, your supervisor, or a librarian to review it.
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Research Logs 1-4 will be completed in class on 06.30.07. They are as follows: 01) Brainstorming, 02) Clustering, 03) Freewriting, & 04) Looping. These four exercises are intregal to successfully choosing & elaborating upon a primary source, so please take them seriously.
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