Going to the Library!
Since our professor was not available for our Tuesday class this week, my Critical Thinking and Writing class met up at the library (a.k.a. lieberry to some -_____-) to talk to the great Gail about research!
At the computer lab, Gail conducted some mini activities to help us summarize and consider the context and backgrounds of sources. She gave us links to certain academic journals and documents and asked us to write one-sentence descriptions of them. This included the general topic of the article, its author(s) and credentials, and where it was published. As a class, we then shared what we wrote and whether or not it would be good to include in our annotated bibliographies and papers.
What I LearnedÂ
I learned how easy it can be to find a wide range of information simply by looking at the resources available and searching a few things up. Looking at the periodical, I was able to find out some background of the article as well as the journal itself. Searching up the names of the authors, I discovered where they taught, what degrees they have, and what they specialize in. These seemingly small but essential facts can help me create my annotated bibliography and my final research paper. And it was all possible by simply looking!
Thanks for reading!