Research Guides: Library Research for English 101, Politanoff, Fall 2022: Welcome!

Today's session

Today's outcomes:

1. Library tour video & services available online:

Library services (handout)

2. Find research resources relevant to your assignment:

Research Narrative
Themes: race, education, gender, technology, poverty, ethics, the environment
Find a debatable issue within your own communities related to one of these topics and write a research narrative in which you will narrate your research experience.
- 4+ outside sources: interviews, observations, news, peer-reviewed essays, books, magazines, videos
- MLA format

Databases & the Research Process:

Finding scholarly sources: EbscoHost / Proquest Central / Opposing Viewpoints
Additional databases to try for English & Literature
Web Research : Google

SIFT is an online evaluation strategy, developed by digital literacy expert Michael Caulfield (Washington State University Vancouver), to help you judge whether or not online content can be trusted for credible and reliable information. SIFT is quick and simple 4-step process, and can be applied to all types of online content.

SIFT stands for:

STOP

INVESTIGATE THE SOURCE

FIND BETTER COVERAGE

TRACE CLAIMS, QUOTES, AND MEDIA BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL CONTEXT