Time for Research

http://gcaptain.com/drowning/?10981  vs. http://mariovittone.com/2010/05/154/
You do and we correct the drowning paragraph.

You spend time in the lab.  Complete the database worksheet, and work on finding information to include in your draft.

On Monday you'll have time to enter your sources into EasyBib.

Draft #2 is due Wednesday.

Homework:


1. Finish writing the part of your draft that comes from your knowledge/experience.

2. Work on finding and adding information from sources to your draft.  Keep it simple:  "according to Jones" is fine. Three sources are the minimum.


2. TWFTD: your choice from sources.

Library Databases

We go over "Til Death Do Us Part."

An example: Virginia Lee Burton. Who leads us  to this story.

We look at the SCC databases.

Then off to the lab to look at possible sources and fill out your worksheet.

Homework:

1.  Tomorrow is class time to do research, complete the worksheet, and begin adding outside information to your draft.

2. TWFTD: your choice from sources.

Draft #1 MLA Style Informing

Answers to Ex. 38.7. Put an X over errors.

In your daybook:  Number 1-3 and list three real questions you could find answers to in outside sources that pertain to this draft.

Then you read and comment on drafts.

Homework:

1.  Begin looking for answers to those questions above.  If they don't work, ask new questions.

2. TWFTD:  insomnia in OED

Example MLA-Style Paper

Ex. 38.7  Eliminate Commas.  Page 99-100 #1-10.

Which ONE site would you pick from yesterday's search?

We look at an example paper. You read and answer questions;  then work on your draft for tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Draft #1 due tomorrow.

2. TWFTD:  coercion

The CRAAP Test

What is it about the internet?  Sources and reliability. Google: famous failures. See this? Compare to this.

Let's think about the C.R.A.A.P. test for this site.  Currency? Relevance? Authority? Accuracy? Purpose?

You are going to the lab and doing a Google search on one of your topics of interest for the next paper.

You must use three categories: 

Excellent (good enough for college research -- primary, not secondary, if possible)


Okay (good enough for arguing with friends)

Bad (not for informing/questionable).

Look at as many Google pages as it takes to get TWO EXAMPLES OF EACH KIND.  Write an explanation next to each to justify your assessment, and tell what page of your search it was on.

For example:

"Search and rescue expense"

Excellent:

UT Admin Code R704-1. Search and Rescue Financial Assistance ...

www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r704/r704-001.htm  This is a source from the government;  if I can understand it , I should know who will pay for what in that state. page 1

]

Colorado Search and Rescue Fundwildlife.state.co.us/.../DOW/Shop/.../FrequentlyAskedQuestion.pdf
The government. page 1

Okay: 


adventure.howstuffworks.com/pay-for-search-and-rescue1.htmCached - Similar

  This is a general site that anybody can post to.  I'm not sure how the information is checked. I could use this as a starting point to lead to other sources. page 1

Paying for Wilderness Search and Rescue: Private Cost, or Public ... backpacker.com   This is a magazine that checks its facts -- I think.  page 1

The Cost of Search and Rescue  KKTV  This is a TV station.  I would need to check their sources out, since they like to sensationalize. page 1

Bad?

Beltrami County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue - Red Lake Net ...www.rlnn.com/...search-and-rescue/011020120013752821826.htmlCached   I can't tell what this address is -- I need to look at the site carefully.  Turns out, upon reading this, it's the sheriff himself writing.  A GOOD source! from page 2




Homework:


1.  Finish today's assignment, and begin work on Draft #1 Informing Essay.  It is due Wednesday.


2.  TWFTD:  criteria in OED