Reading Using Argumentative Strategies Finding Sources and Collecting Information Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Citing Sources Locate an assigned source from Course Theme Reading list for the Homework assignment below. Browse through the topics listed under each course theme. Note the topics that catch your interest. To get your research process started, refer to the Course Theme Reading list that contains two readings on each of the topics below. Browse the titles to help you confirm your interest. Course Project-Source Summary The purpose of this assignment is to learn about information literacy by exploring the concept of peer review. You may be familiar with peer review in prior writing courses, but what does it mean when you talk about peer review in relation to academic source material? Click on the following link to a DeVry University Library presentation of Peer Reviewed Journals: The Creation of New Knowledge.londonessays.com Here is the peer Review. Idea:The Peer Review process begins with a researcher and a new idea Lit Review:The researcher reviews the literature of her/his field to see what else has been done on the topic Grant: A researcher may secure funding to help pay for her/his research Research: Conducting the actual research can be an involved and time consuming process Interpret Data:Gathering, analyzing, and interpreting the data is where much of the thought in research occurs Conferences:Researchers often present preliminary findings at conferences. These can provide good feedback too Write Manuscript: With the input from
the conference, the researcher will prepare her/his findings for publication Submit: The manuscript is sent to the editor of a suitable journal Peer Review:Experts on the topic review the manuscript (More about this in a moment) Publication: The journal publishes the article which will inform, enlighten, and prompt new ideas This introduce the peer review cycle. After reviewing the presentation, compose a 2-paragraph response in which you address each of the following points: The purpose of the Source Summary is to effectively summarize and attribute information from a source. Use the library databases to retrieve an article from the Course Theme Reading List on the topic you selected last week. If you are considering a new topic, confirm your choice with your professor. Once you retrieve the article, print it or save a local copy of the full text article to your hard drive so that you can refer to the contents of the article offline. (If the source is from the textbook, this step does not apply.) Read the source carefully, noting the thesis, topic sentences, headings, support details, and the conclusion. To become more skilled at summary and paraphrasing, you will practice writing summaries of different lengths on the same assigned source. For each part of the assignment, follow the instructions provided in Doc Sharing. When you are finished, save the document as and submit it to the Dropbox by the end of the week. See Doc Sharing for the following support documents. · An assignment template · A sample assignment · The assignment grading rubric