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Research Process — Manage Your Time
The Assignment Calculator will help you plan the work you need to do to complete the assignment on time.
1.01 Enter a working title for your research topic or assignment (e.g., "The History of Hawaiian Tattoos," "The Coqui Frog Problem in Puna," "Argumentative paper," "Reaction paper," etc.)
1.02 Enter the date the assignment was given to you:
1.03 Enter the date your assignment is due:
1.04 Enter the date your first draft is due:
1.05 According to the Assignment Calculator, I should select and focus my topic by...
1.06 I should begin my search for books by...
1.07 I should outline or describe the overall structure of my paper by...
1.08 I should begin writing my first draft by...
Your Assignment
2.01 Read your assignment carefully and summarize what your instructor wants you to do in one sentence.
2.02 From the assignment instructions and your reply to 2.1 above, is this a: Compare/Contrast paper, Oral presentation, Persuasive speech, or some other type of project?
2.03 What sections are required in your paper - introduction, methodology, discussion, references, etc.?
2.04 Briefly describe any special instructions your instructor has given you for this assignment (page minimum, formatting, fonts, a minimum/maximum number of books, articles, and Web sites you can use, etc.)
2.05 Who is the audience of your paper? In addition to your instructor, who else will read your paper or listen to your presentation (e.g., members of your class, your family, community members, etc.?)
2.06 Is your topic controversial or emotionally charged? What negative reactions, opinions, and/or biases might your audience have?
Your Assignment - Types of Research Materials
2.07 Explain why books are good sources (or not) for your topic.
2.08 Explain why journal articles are good sources (or not) for your topic.
2.09 Explain why popular magazines are good sources (or not) for your topic.
2.10 Explain why Web sites are good sources (or not) for your topic.
Strategy — Select Your Topic
3.01 What questions do you want to raise, discuss, and answer about your paper topic?
Strategy — Develop a plan
3.02 What important information do you want your audience to have about your topic?
3.03 What is the broad topic of your paper or project?
3.04 List 2-3 specific subtopics of your broad topic listed in 3.03 using one of the strategies the table above.
3.05 Write your thesis statement or research question here:
3.06 Before you go online to search for information, select several search terms from the subtopics you chose listed above:
3.07 For each of the subtopics above, list any appropriate synonyms and closely related terms here:
Strategy — Constructing Online Searches
3.08 List any and all alternative spellings, abbreviations, or multiple word endings that apply to at least three of your search terms.
3.09 Are there any terms in your search string that you might use a truncation (stemming) symbol with? List them here:
3.10 List any and all phrases related to your topic:
3.11 Select words and phrases you have compiled on your own topic and create a search using the Keyword Builder. Paste the search string here:
3.12 Use this space to create another search string if you wish.
Search — Find Books
4.01 Do an "Advanced Search" in Voyager for books on your topic using your concepts, synonyms, and search terms you entered in
Module 3. Copy and paste at least one book citation (the author, title, publication information, library locations and call numbers) in the box below.
4.02 Paste an additional book citation here if you need.
4.03 Paste an additional book citation here if you need.
Search — Find Call Numbers
4.04 The call number in the example begins with the letters HQ. Use the Library of Congress Classification System link above to determine what broad subject H represents and what narrower subject HQ represents. List both here:
You will use the first book citation you pasted on the previous page to answer the following three questions :
4.05 Using the call number for this book citation and Library of Congress Classification link to find the subject area that corresponds to the call number and subject area for your book here: 4.06 Determine where your book located (the name of the campus library where the book is held is displayed after Location: e.g., UH Manoa Sinclair Library, Kauai CC, Honolulu CC, UH-Hilo). Enter the location of your book here:
4.07 Your book will be shelved in a particular collection or building at the library, e.g., Reference, Hawaiian, READ, Hamilton, etc. This information follows the name of the campus library, e.g., "Location: UH Hilo Hawaiian." Enter the collection name for your book here:
Search — Find Articles
4.08 Using the campus links above, look through the list of the online journal databases available at your library, and write down at least one database you will use. If you list only one, explain why this database is the best for your topic. If you list more than one, briefly explain why you are using more than one as they pertain to your topic. Enter database name(s) and explanation(s) here:
4.09 How would you describe an online article database to a friend, and how it differs from an online book catalog. Enter your explanations here:
4.10 Use Academic Search Premier (ASP) to find at least one article related to your topic. Copy and paste the complete citation here:
4.11 Is the full text of the article available online (YES/NO)?
4.12 If the full text is available, is in HTML, PDF, or both formats?
4.13 If there is an abstract, paste it here. If not, answer "NO."
4.14 Use this space to paste an additional article citation from Academic Search Premier:
4.15 Use this space to paste an additional article citation from Academic Search Premier:
Search — Find Web Sites
4.16 Click on one of the search engine links above and search for your topic.
List the title and URL (Uniform Resource Locator, or Web address) of one promising Web page from your results.
4.17 Look at GOOGLE'S Advanced Search page. What can you do that the ordinary default search display does not allow? Use your topic and create a search using Google's Advanced search and put it here:
Evaluating Resources — Evaluate Books
5.01 Enter the book title and author:
5.02 What kind of information have you found about the author that indicates this book is a good resource to use?
5.03 For whom does the book seem to be written? What seems to be the author's purpose in writing it?
5.04 Considering the intended audience and purpose, in what ways is this book useful for your research?
5.05 If your book has a table of contents, enter the chapter titles most relevant to your topic.
5.06 If your book has an index, enter one or more words from the index to pages that are relevant to your topic.
5.07 If there is a bibliography, enter two or more citations to other sources that may have information relevant to your research.
5.08 Does your book contain primary information, or secondary information? Explain your answer and reference your topic in your answer.
5.09 Identify the publisher of this book and enter it here.
5.10 List three examples from the book or other sources familiar with the publisher and the topic on why you think this book will be a good source for you.
5.11 What year was the book published?
5.12 Is the recency of the book's publication date important for your research topic? In other words, How important is the publication date of this book in your research topic? Explain your answer.
5.13 Based on your topic, the book you have chosen, and the evaluation criteria you have just learned (author, purpose, content, bias and date), which three are the most important for you?
Evaluating Resources — Evaluate Articles
5.14 What kind of information have you found about the author that indicates this article is a good resource to use?
5.15 Describe the differences between scholarly journal articles and popular magazine articles. Use your topic and the articles you've found to justify using one type of article over the other.
5.16 Why do you think instructors require students to rely more on scholarly journal articles than popular magazine articles?
Evaluating Resources — Evaluate Web Sites
5.17 Here is the Web URL you entered previously:
5.18 Enter the title of the Web site:
5.19 What have you learned about the author and/or sponsor of the Web site you have chosen that helps you know whether it is credible?
5.20 For what purpose and for whom (stated or otherwise) was this Web site created?
5.21 Do you detect any bias or a particular point-of-view? If so, what is it?
5.22 Based on the purpose(s), bias or point-of-view, and audience, is this site useful for your research? Explain your answer.
5.23 Briefly describe the content of this Web site.
5.24 Based on its content, evaluate the site's overall relevancy to your research, and explain why you think it is (or is not) useful for your assignment.
5.25 When was the information on the Web site published or updated?
5.26 Based on the date and/or currency of its information, is this Web site useful for your research? Why or why not?
5.27 Based on the above, your review of site content, and a presence or absence of bias, is this Web site appropriate to use for your assignment? Why or why not?
5.28 You have learned to evaluate Web sites using several criteria. Of these criteria, which is the most difficult to evaluate, and why? If you have any lingering questions on whether the site is reputable or not, what are they?
6. Synthesis — Understanding Plagiarism
6.01 Look at the examples of plagiarism above. Which of the above examples of plagiarism is the easiest one to do - which one have you done?
6.02 Are the consequences for plagiarism fair? Explain your answer.
6.03 Format your book citation using one of the citation builders, check for accuracy, and paste it here:
6.04 Format your article citation using one of the citation builders, check for accuracy, and paste it here:
6. Synthesis — Integrating Your Research
6.06 Select a passage from one of your sources that you want to use in your paper and paste it here:
6.07 Show how you would quote a phrase, a sentence, or the entire passage in the space below, and include an in-text citation.
6.08 Show how you would paraphrase this passage in the space below, and include an in-text citation.
6.09 Show how you would summarize this passage in the space below, and include an in-text citation.
6.10 When would it be best to quote a passage in your paper?
6.11 When is summarizing a passage better than quoting one?
6.12 Lastly, when might paraphrasing be better than quoting or summarizing?
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