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ENGL 105, Academic Writing: John Carroll

Documents for Library Research Workshop, March 6, 2023

The following documents were created for work during the Library Research Workshop:

Questions to Ask About Research

  1. Does the source have authority to make significant and relatively unbiased contributions to the conversation?
  2. What are the qualifications of the contributor(s)?
  3. Does the source offer important information that will help you in constructing your argument/your response to the question you have asked?
  4. Will you cite the source in your essay or is it only useful to provide you with background information that you need in order to feel confident about taking part in the conversation?
  5. Have you recorded all the relevant information to include on your Works Cited or References page?
  6. Do you have a system for organizing information in the source that you will cite?
  7. Do you have enough sources to give you a strong, thorough, confident conclusion/thesis/answer to your question or hypothesis?

Other Helpful Research Guides

Source Review Activity

Take a look at the following sources and evaluate them. What are the pros/cons to using each source? 

Who is the author of this source?
Scientists: 4 votes (22.22%)
Clintel: 14 votes (77.78%)
Total Votes: 18
Does this source claim global warming is a problem?
Yes - the writing states global warming is a major issue: 4 votes (22.22%)
No - the piece claims global warming is not an emergency: 14 votes (77.78%)
Total Votes: 18
Are there citations/references in this writing?
Yes: 4 votes (17.39%)
No: 19 votes (82.61%)
Total Votes: 23
What is this source?
Website: 0 votes (0%)
eBook: 18 votes (94.74%)
Article: 1 votes (5.26%)
Total Votes: 19
Who is the publisher?
ProQuest: 5 votes (27.78%)
MIT Press: 13 votes (72.22%)
Total Votes: 18
Are there citations/references?
Yes: 17 votes (94.44%)
No: 1 votes (5.56%)
Total Votes: 18
Who are the authors?
Journalists: 6 votes (31.58%)
Academic Researchers: 13 votes (68.42%)
Total Votes: 19
Is this research based? Is there a research question, methodology, results?
Yes: 18 votes (100%)
No: 0 votes (0%)
Total Votes: 18
Are there citations/references?
No: 2 votes (11.11%)
Yes: 16 votes (88.89%)
Total Votes: 18
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