UNIT 4 SEMINAR: Know Your Sources --Unit 4 Project explained --Quality academic sources --Using the Kaplan Library --Questions and Answers about the assigned reading : Top Ten Mistakes in Academic Research CM103: Effective Writing I for Criminal Justice Majors Welcome to seminar! We will begin at the top of the hour. Please feel free to chat with your classmates in the interim. Before we get into the content of the session. OPENING REMARKS Where Is It? UNIT 4 PROJECT Click here to find the project directions! Always be sure to click on each tab and icon in each unit. That way, you wont miss anything! Use the template under Unit 4s Home. Click on Assignment and scroll down to template. Click on that and be sure to hit Save. Support and Documentation: Find Four Sources About Your Research Topic UNIT 4 PROJECT Templates save time and energy; the font size, spacing, and assignment details are all in place! More Help With the Unit 4 Project: Be Sure to Click on Each Icon under Assignment UNIT 4 PROJECT Under Directions, You Have an Assignment Guide: UNIT 4 PROJECT... and more! Under Checklist, You Will See a Handy List to Save and Use: UNIT 4 PROJECT Under Guide, There Is the Full Text of the Student Writing Guide I: UNIT 4 PROJECT Be sure to save your own copy! What Makes a Quality Academic Source? What Should We Look For? QUALITY ACADEMIC SOURCES In Unit 4, you are instructed to read Research (pp ) in Rules for Writers. College research assignments ask you to pose a question worth exploring, to read widely in search of possible answers, to interpret what you read, to draw reasoned conclusions, and to support those conclusions with valid and well- documented evidence. To do all this, we need to know how to determine what a reliable source is! What Makes a Quality Academic Source? What Should We Look For? QUALITY ACADEMIC SOURCES All articles within the Kaplan University Library are acceptable academic sources, but what do we look for when out there on the Internet, in retail bookstores, and at public libraries? How can we determine a reliable Web site? (and host/author?) Book? Article? Other sources (manuals, pamphlets, documentaries, TV shows?) Click on the Extra! Extra! tab: Please Watch the Video Introduction to the New Kaplan Library This Week USING THE KU LIBRARY Scroll down: Once there, click on Library, and you will see: The KU Library may also be accessed from the My Studies tab on your home page. USING THE KU LIBRARY Put keywords into for a narrower search: Sources At Your Fingertips! USING THE KU LIBRARY We can also search by: Author Full Text Keyword Subject Abstract Any Unit 4 Reading: Q & A: TOP TEN MISTAKES IN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Perhaps we all can relate to some of the mistakes in the list! For example: 10. Not Giving Yourself Enough Time to Research Have you ever done this? IN CONCLUSION Questions? Comments? The Unit 4 Project is due Tuesday night Work with the process of the readings, checklist, and templateme any questions Have a great week!