New Research/Source Survey Due Dates

Research Paper/Source Survey

For your third research paper of the year you are going to choose an influential element of Enlightenment history and create a source survey. Then, you will write the introduction to a paper complete with context and thesis. Next, you will look up source material from three different search engines / databases and evaluate what they find.

Sources to be used:

·      Gale group

·      Sweet Search

·      http://www.loc.gov/families/

·      http://www.ipl.org/

·      http://www.findingdulcinea.com/

You will be given some time in class to research your topic, organize your ideas, and write your paper, but you will be expected to do much of your research and writing at home.  At the end of this unit you will have researched and written a 2-3 page research source survey.

MON: Intro Enlightenment. HW Choose topic

I. Introduction

    A. Context

       1. Overview of the Age of Enlightenment

       2. Overview of focus area

    B. Summary of topic

    C. Thesis

TUES: Write intro in class HW: Notes on 1^st database

II. Evaluation of Database #1

    A. Brief explanation of source

       1. Who, what, when

    B. Ease of use

       1. Navigation

       2. Readability

    C. Relevance of links

       1. On topic

       2. Quality sources

    D. Misc

       1. Advanced searches?

       2. Subcategories?

WED: Write paragraph on 1^st database in class HW: Notes on 2^nd database

III. Evaluation of Database #2

    A. Brief explanation of source

       1. Who, what, when

    B. Ease of use

       1. Navigation

       2. Readability

    C. Relevance of links

       1. On topic

       2. Quality sources

    D. Misc

       1. Advanced searches?

       2. Subcategories?

THURS: Write paragraph on 2^nd database. HW: Notes on 3^rd database

IV. Evaluation of Database #3

    A. Brief explanation of source

       1. Who, what, when

    B. Ease of use

       1. Navigation

       2. Readability

    C. Relevance of links

       1. On topic

       2. Quality sources

    D. Misc

       1. Advanced searches?

       2. Subcategories?

NO CLASS FRI OR MON

NEXT TUES: Write paragraph on 3^rd database. HW: Notes on one source

V. Evaluations of Best Individual Resource

    A. Brief overview

    B. Credibility

    C. Accuracy

    D. Reasonableness

    E. Support

WED: Write up paragraph evaluating source & conclusion. HW Type up

VI. Conclusions

     A. What did you learn?

THURS: start editing