Library Project Resources

Paper instructions:
Please Read the Instruction and follow thoroughly. If you have any questions please ask. I have attached some brainstorming and Resources information.
Instructions:
1st Section
GOAL: To develop research skills appropriate to college-level work. In the process, you will demonstrate your ability to choose and narrow a researchable topic; access library resources; read, evaluate, and annotate topic sources; keep a record of the source citation information; and summarize your research process and experience.

For this entire project, referred to throughout the course as the “Library Project,” you will complete various steps. Please be aware that you will NOT write a research paper. Instead, your goal is to keep track of your thought process (and the actions associated with that process) about the work you do from beginning to end related to the research process – almost like would in a writing journal. Set aside some notebook paper, or a new word-processing document, to help you record any thoughts you have about this process, even if they show your frustrations (frustrations are part of research and learning). It’s good to be able to reflect on what’s working and what’s not.
1.) RESEARCHABLE QUESTION DECISION (Brainstorming, Analysis and Narrowing)

Ask a researchable question related to aspects of “labor.” “Labor” is a broad term used to refer to varying kinds of work, but it also encompasses ideas about how people who work are treated (or mistreated). We live in a global market where goods and services are traded across national borders, where work is “farmed out” from wealthier nations to poor nations as a means for the wealthy nations to earn more money (and supposedly poorer nations as well). What are the implications of this? This and other questions are where you should begin your thinking for this research project. As you write a question, make sure that you carefully consider whether the topic you choose is something you want to spend time with and that you are asking a researchable question you really want to find answers to. A researchable question is a question that cannot be answered by simply going to Google or Wikipedia. It must be answered through the use of reliable sources found through library databases. For assistance and examples, visit our own PCC Library Web page: http://www.pcc.edu/library/research/ and RD 115: Research Tutorial

You should also visit some of the following Websites to help you establish a researchable question:

PCC Library Research Link = http://www.pcc.edu/library/research/

Finding Research Topics = http://www.asu.edu/lib/tutorials/research-topics/

Five Steps to Better Research = https://lib.colostate.edu/tutorials/research.html

YOU MUST ANSWER THE FOUR QUESTIONS BELOW ON YOUR BRAINSTORMING SUBMISSION: Use a prewriting strategy (clustering, brainstorming, freewriting, listing, journaling, etc.) to begin this topic decision-making process. You might choose to use a general search engine like Google just to get more ideas about your topic. Look for ways to FOCUS and NARROW DOWN the topic so that you have something that you are able to research more specifically. Feel free to adjust your topic using the following questions:

1. How much information is there through the PCC Library Databases on the subject? How available is this information to you (look at the PCC library Web site and do a general search on your topic/question to determine the viability of your project)?
2. How will your research contribute to solving the problem (assuming there is a problem) or addressing a particular aspect of your (or another’s) life? For example, research is rarely done for one’s own pleasure. It is most often done to contribute to society. How will answering your research queston benefit others?
3. What personal biases (if any) do you have towards the topic that might make it impossible for you to be objective in your research? Objectivity means that you are open to all possibilities.

4. Describe your interest level in this topic?

Also, list five key words that you hope to use to seek reliable information to answer your question. This is an extremely important part of the research process because if you don’t get the question and your topic narrow and specific, your research process may take you in directions you don’t want to go, and you will waste valuable time and energy.

I want to see evidence that you’ve been able to start thinking of a topic and a researchable question, so attaching some kind of list, brainstorming, mapping, journaling, freewriting, etc and a researchable question. Follow the format in the sample homework assignment attached.

You do not need to include the questions, please include the numbers for answers.
2nd Section
1) SEARCHING FOR SOURCES

Read attachment and follow through the topic of the project.

Your sources may be selected from the following resources:

• Professional article from journals or magazines (PCC Library databases must be used: Academic Onefile, Opposing View Points, EbscoHost, General Onefile, and so on) http://www.pcc.edu/library/

• Website (either General or Focused). For each Website, you must complete a Website Evaluation Checklist (which I will provide to you if you use Web sites). (View library Project Sources)

(At this point, you are probably finding that your research question needs some adjustment. If you cannot find any books or professional articles, then you need to broaden your question. If you were able to answer your question with a Wikipedia (or similar) article, then you need to narrow your search.)

2) SOURCE LIST

Complete a Source List for this stage of the research process. This is a place for you to copy down basic publication information about each of the sources you find and rate whether this source might be useful to your project or not. By carefully recording this information now, you will be able to locate these sources later when you would hypothetically need to take notes and write up your research paper (which you’re not writing).

For each source that you use, record in a list your citations. Be sure to record all of the information you would need to evaluate and locate the source: author, title, date, publication information, and if you used only a part of the source, which part. “Publication information” includes different things depending on the kind of resource:

Books – author, title of book, city in which it was published, publishing company and date of publication

Magazine, journal, or newspaper articles – author of article, title of article, the title of the magazine or journal, volume and number (for journals), date of publication

Web sites – author, the title of the article, the title of the web site, date of publication, and its URL (web address).

3) WHAT TO SUBMIT

You will submit to me a source list of at least 5 sources of varying types via a Word document. All I need from you is the list and as much bibliographical information as possible. You do not need to summarize these sources.

3rd Section

1) SEARCHING FOR SOURCES
Now that you have brainstormed an area of academic research interest and possibly written down a question that you might like to learn the answer to, locate several high-quality sources (approximately 2 pages each in length) for your topic.
Your sources may be selected from the following resources:
• Book from the library (either a full book written by one author or a collection of essays or articles on the topic, not necessarily by a single author.)
• Professional article from journals or magazines (PCC Library databases must be used: Academic Onefile, Opposing View Points, EbscoHost, General Onefile, and so on)
• Website (either General or Focused). For each Website, you must complete a Website Evaluation Checklist (which I will provide to you if you use Web sites).
(At this point, you are probably finding that your research question needs some adjustment. If you cannot find any books or professional articles, then you need to broaden your question. If you were able to answer your question with a Wikipedia (or similar) article, then you need to narrow your search.)
2) SOURCE LIST
Complete a Source List for this stage of the research process. This is a place for you to copy down basic publication information about each of the sources you find and rate whether this source might be useful to your project or not. By carefully recording this information now, you will be able to locate these sources later when you would hypothetically need to take notes and write up your research paper (which you’re not writing).
For each source that you use, record in a list your citations. Be sure to record all of the information you would need to evaluate and locate the source: author, title, date, publication information, and if you used only a part of the source, which part. “Publication information” includes different things depending on the kind of resource:
Books – author, title of book, city in which it was published, publishing company and date of publication
Magazine, journal, or newspaper articles – author of article, title of article, the title of the magazine or journal, volume and number (for journals), date of publication
Web sites – author, the title of the article, the title of the web site, date of publication, and its URL (web address).

3) WHAT TO SUBMIT
You will submit to me a source list of at least 5 sources of varying types via a Word document or other word-processing document (save your file as an .rtf). All I need from you is the list and as much bibliographical information as possible. You do not need to summarize these sources

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