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Soc 301       2010

 LIBRARY PREP:  you will discover:  at least three articles and one website

you will site your four references in four ways

  • one in-line when the author name is in the sentence

  • one in-line when the author name is in the (parentheses)

  • one block quote - for this you will email yourself one article

  • one where the article has three (or more) authors

you will write an abstract and have a reference page

the paper will be 2 pages long with one page of citations and one title page with abstract

you will say something about the topic, your approach to the topic, and your discoveries

on Paper #3, Library. I am looking for precision in the technical details, not for in-depth research on the topic.   A paper could begin in one of the three simple ways that follow.  That would be the beginning.  The middle will be your attempt to put together some paragraphs (one or three) that manage to cite things the way they are expected to be cited.  The end can be a more subjective wrap up, tying up either the research possibilities, the whole library experience, or both.  E.g., I liked it, I learned, I found the articles enlightening and the methods fantastic - or whatever.  Beginning, middle, end.  Read the sample student paper above.

1.  A trip to the library provided a quick glance at several articles in the area of X and Y.  All the research I discovered seemed to say something similar ... go on to quote and cite...then wrap it up.

2. A trip to the library provided a quick glance at several articles in the area of X and Y.  None of the articles approached the topic the way I see it, which is ......  Instead they .... go on to quote and cite ... then wrap it up.

3. A trip to the library provided a quick glance at several articles in the area of X and Y.   Some research echoed and expanded my own views.  For example .... go on to quote and cite.  Other articles appeared to ... go on to quote and cite.   One in particular caught my attention when it said .... maybe here goes a "block quote" which you will learn about on Wednesday.   Then wrap it up.