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Garcia - Freshman Research Project - My Voice

Library Research

Goals and Objectives for Library Research Day

  • Set up research / citation tool (Scrible) to keep your work organized.
  • Conduct some pre-research for background knowledge (Wikipedia, general databases).
  • Create a list of keywords based on your own background knowledge and pre-research to use when searching.
  • Find sources using the library resources.
  • Evaluate those sources.
  • Summarize sources using the annotated bibliography format.
  • Cite sources appropriately in MLA style (minimum of two articles and two websites).

Research Overview

 

 

 

Topics

Pick a topic from this list or choose one of your own

  • Education
  • Healthcare
  • The Environment
  • Human Rights
  • Crime
  • School based issues (start time, inclusion, lunch food, zero-waste) - OPRF-specific
  • Local development (housing, parks, roads, etc.)
  • OP- or RF-specific issues