Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Research: Finding and Evaluating Web Sources

1.  The Omnivore's Dilemma:  closing remarks
How has reading The Omnivore's Dilemma affected your eating life?  Where do you find yourself now in your own personal omnivore's dilemma?

2.  Research:  Finding and Evaluating Sources for Credibility

3.  Wikipedia:  tips for research

4.  Turn in research proposal.  Have personal conference with me.

5.  Research Notes
  • notecards?  electronic document?
  • citation information:  use citation organizer!
  • note major points that are relevant to your research
  • paraphrase--do not cut and paste!
  • put direct quotations in quotations
  • annotate as you go: 2-3 sentence summary of each source for bibliography.

HomeworkThe Omnivore's Dilemma final reflection due tomorrow.  Keep researching...