GEL 101 Library Module
Homework Assignments
Homework assignment #1
due
next library class,
- Write a
thesis statement using the thesis builder. Email to your library module
instructor: Gabriela Sonntag at gsg@csusm.edu
Homework assignment #2
due
next library class,
- Find a Website on
your leadership topic by using either a search engine or a directory.
- Watch the online
tutorial carefully and use their criteria for evaluating the website that
you found. Be sure to locate the specific items on the website that
allow you to evaluate it as appropriate for college-level research.
- Bring a printout of the website to
class showing the areas you have used to evaluate the site.
Homework assignment #3
due next
library class,
- List 3 keywords/search statements and the number of results for
each.
- Find a book in the Catalog or Circuit
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USING THE BOOK YOU
FOUND:
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- List all subject headings.
- Write a
200+ word essay that:
- briefly explains what you think the book is about,
- Compares and
contrasts keyword searching and subject searching.
- Tells other ways can you search in the catalog besides keyword and subject
searching.
- Explains the relationship of keyword to subject and
subject to call number.
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Homework assignment #4
due next
library class,
- Watch this
searching tutorial.
You have to give your name but it will not put you on any list or
anything.
- Then, find 2 articles-- one scholarly, one
popular-- using
Academic Search Premier or
Lexis Nexis Academic
databases.
- Cite each article in
APA style:
Example: Moran, C. (2004, October 3).
Report evaluates
education progress among local Latinos.San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved October 15, 2004
from ProQuest Newspapers database.
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Write an essay
(400 words) comparing and contrasting each article explaining which one
is scholarly and why. The course guide has
a section on
Finding articles
and on scholarly articles
to help you.
Be sure to label
each citation as to whether it is the scholarly or the popular one.
Homework assignment #5
due next
library class,
- Critical review chart. Fill out the
critical review chart for at least 3 sources you will be using in your
literature review. Include the entire citation information for these
sources using correct APA style.
Homework assignment #6
due next
library class,
- Review section on "Citing
and Documenting Sources" from UCLA's Bruin Success with Less
Stress website
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Write one scenario
in which a student could be accused of academic dishonesty. (200 words)
Critical Literature Review
Worth 60 POINTS due Oct26th.
Using the literature review chart you will write an essay that compares and
contrasts the 6 sources that you have chosen during the library module.
Remember that the literature review must discuss each source and how it
supports your thesis statement and the supporting and opposing arguments.
Also you must discuss how the research or other information in the source
contributes to your understanding of the subject. Literature review is an
essay but a cover page with your name, course name and number, professors
name, date and the topic of your review must be included. Also a
bibliography or works cited page in correct APA style is required.
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