Hello there! Long time no talk – lets get up to speed!
After completing my survey (where I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of respondents I got!) I realized I am quite fascinated in how students today believe athletes should be compensated for their work and commitments – if at all. Thanks to the archival research I did, I was opened up to the world of athletic academic scandals…
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I decided to start on a pretty basic, background (if you will), level of research. Since I have not been watching ESPN the last 5 years, I decided my first step would be talking to my father – an avid sports fanatic. He immediately brought to my attention the UNC scandal. So, I decided my first exposure of it should be a newscaster’s reaction, so I found a report via CNN (a relatively unbiased source, although still bias!! – something I definitely kept in mind). As we talked in class about annotated bibliographies, I decided it was important I pay attention to several things as I look through and for other sources: what drew me to this, how does the topic compare to other sources, how doe the rhetoric / style compare to other sources, what is the intended audience? is that different from the resulting audience? how does this compare to my archival research? In what ways is this source bias? etc.
I’m looking forward to continuing my research, especially using more scholarly sources (like the Library Database offered) – I felt very overwhelmed about connecting my archival research to today, but after this survey assignment (and experience!) I am confident that I will in fact put more emphasis on the modern implications of my research in my final paper!
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Shout out to my favorite librarian Gale (refer to earlier post for explanation) – for making a tutorial which was all about being about to distinguish “different types of periodical sources.”
While completing this tutorial I realized how it will help me when stumbling along blocks I will face, for example:
- what a scholarly article is (if I want to look credible with what I SAY, then I should only use sources who are credible is what THEY SAY).
- what is a “periodical” (a lot more than you think!)
- how can I tell what what I am reading is?
Hope you all have a lovely day!