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This 2 pagesIntroductionThis week you will move to the next and biggest milestone step of your research paper project, the Draft List of Works Cited. In this step, you will do a ″resource review″ for your paper. In other words, you will use the video instructions from our library to collect and review a variety of sources from our library′s search catalogs. You will evaluate those sources for relevance to your research proposal and collect at least 10 for your list. These should represent different types of media, from books to journal articles, to videos and podcasts. The steps are described in a video on the Library Resources and Instruction page that follows this one. Watch the video to learn how to search, review, and cite possible sources for your paper in MLA 8 citation format.The Research Paper ProjectAgain, the topic and each milestone step of the final assignment are posted here on this page for your convenience. I will include it each week from now until the end of the semester. You should now be on Step #2: the Draft List of Works Cited.The Research Paper ProjectActionsStep Two: The Draft List of Works CitedIdeally, you submitted a research proposal last week and it was approved and assigned credit. If not, I would have asked you to revise it and submit it again. Regardless, you can move to this next step in the research process as long as you are sure about your topic.A List of Works Cited is a document that results from a review of the sources that you find in your initial search for materials on your topic. With that search, your purpose is to determine whether a source is appropriate and relevant to your research proposal. In other words, you will conduct an overview of several sources to determine which ones you will use in your paper and which ones you will not. Then you will select 10 of the sources that you deem fit and document them with correct MLA 8 citations. Your submission for this assignment should not be more than 2 pages long, but your citations must be in correct MLA 8 format.If you need a review of MLA 8 citation format, it′s in the Librarian′s video, but there′s additional help in the Library Resources and Other Cool Stuff module, on the MLA 8 Resources page.Most students overlook 2 important requirements of MLA 8 citation format:citations should be in alphabetical order, andcitations should have a hanging indent if they are more than one line long.Pay close attention to every detail of MLA 8 because even the smallest mistakes in format will cost you points on this and on your final assignment.Finally, remember again that our Librarian, Josh, still has a discussion page open called ″Ask Josh the Librarian″. You can post a question for him at any time. The link is also posted in the Library Resources and Other Cool Stuff module.This 2 pagesInstructionsRead the entire The Research Paper: Step #3 module page. For this assignment, write your first draft of the Summary/Response section of your Final Research Paper Project as outlined on that page.Requirements2 pages, maximum, MLA 8 page formatIntroductionCongratulations! You have now arrived at Step #3 of your Research Paper Project: the first draft of your Summary/Response section. By now you have collected some sources and taken notes, whether electronically or by hand, and you have an idea of how your final project will come together. You may still be researching your topic, but the goal of this milestone is to create a draft of Summary/Response to help you finalize Step #3 in your Final Research Paper Project. You should complete this draft just as you have your other first drafts. There will be no Peer Review. As soon as I review it, you are free to edit and revise, and add it to your completed Project to turn in on May 27.Here′s the full assignment again, for you convenience. I will post it in your ASSIGNMENTS list next week. The organization you should follow starts on page 2 of this document. I have also re-copied it at the bottom of this module page. Remember, you are writing a first draft, not an outline.The Research Paper ProjectActionsInstructionsChoose 2 of your sources from your List of Works Cited that represent 2 different aspects of your topic. Read them and write a summary/response of each.Your paper should follow this structure:I. IntroductionA. Background/ExplanationB. Significance to the NovelThesis: What different aspects of this topic did you discover?II. Article #1 (include title and author)A. SummaryB. ResponseIII. Article #2 (include title and author)A. SummaryB. ResponseIV. AnalysisWhy is issue relevant to our book about John Lewis?In what way do you think people have been affected by this topic?Does it affect you personally in any way?V. ConclusionSo this Information for both The Research Paper:Instructions:Choose a current, local issue related to one of the three themes(homelessness, mental illness, or music) from the novel, The Soloist, by SteveLopez. You should have a full understanding of the issue and a definitive positionon it. Follow the steps to preparing a Research Paper as outlined in your LibraryInstruction module pages as well as the module pages that will come over thenext few weeks. For this project, you will complete every step of writing aResearch Paper except for actually writing it. Follow the steps as outlined belowin “How to Complete this Assignment”. Use the Library Resources and OtherCool Stuff Module for library support and MLA 8 resources.Note: ALL research must come from sources found in the COA/Peraltalibrary.How to Complete this AssignmentYour assignment should follow these steps:1. Choose your research topic; remember that a research project isbased on a question to be answered or a problem to be solved2. Prepare a research proposal; narrow your topic and list subjectheadings3. Begin a comprehensive search of research materials in the collegelibrary, including books, periodicals and reference materials4. Evaluate the sources you find to determine whether they are relevantto your research topic.5. Choose 2 different sources that represent 2 different aspects of yourtopic. Read them and write a summary/response of each.What to Turn InYour project will be completed in milestone steps (first drafts) in order to ensurethat you are doing it correctly. For the final submission, you will turn in a finaldraft of all 3 parts together in one document for this assignment.1. Step One: The Proposal State your research topic. Include the question or problem you developed.In other words, what exactly are you trying to research? This can be onesentence long, or it can be in the form of a question. Include your list of subject headings. These are the key words that you willput in your library search catalogs.2. Step Two: List of Works Cited Spend time with the Library Search Catalogs and review several sourceson your topic. Evaluate your sources according to the standards coveredin our Library Videos. You may want to go back and watch those again.They are all located in the Library Resources and Other Cool Stuffmodule. Prepare a list of relevant sources for your research topic. Include aminimum of 10 sources, and be sure to use a variety. In other words, youshould not turn in a list of 10 books or 10 articles, but a mix of severalkinds of sources. List your sources in the correct MLA format, and in put them inalphabetical order. Type your final list, and put the title WORKS CITED atthe top of your page.YOU WILL BE GRADED PRIMARILY ON YOUR ADHERENCE TO MLAFORMAT, but also on the variety and relevance to your research topic andsubject headings.3. Step Three Choose 2 of your sources from your List of Works Cited that represent 2different aspects of your topic. Read them and write a summary/responseessay of each. This should not exceed 2 – 3 pages Your paper should follow this structure:IntroductionBackground/ExplanationSignificance to the Bay AreaThesis: What different aspects of this topic did you discover?Article #1 (include title and author)SummaryResponseArticle #2 (include title and author)SummaryResponseAnalysisIn what way do you think people have been affected by this topic?Why is it relevant to the Bay Area today? Does it affect youpersonally in any way?ConclusionInclude an opinion, prediction or suggestion about this topic
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