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     RESEARCH PAPER TOPIC ASSIGNMENT -- SECONDARY SOURCES.

     1. First, make sure you have a "do-able" topic.

     NOTE: if you do not have a "do-able" topic, you must re-do the
topic assignment AS WELL AS this assignment.

     2. Locate and check out two (2) books on your topic.

     a. These books MUST have been published FOR THE FIRST TIME since
1975. DO NOT pick a book which was ORIGINALLY published before 	1975
and merely reprinted after 1975.

     b. These books must contain FOOTNOTES or other references as
evidence for the assertions made in them. The more footnotes, the
better.

     3. Use the INDEX and the TABLE OF CONTENTS to read and make notes
on those parts of the books that relate to your narrow topic.

     ** Be sure to make notes. You'll use them later in your research.
I may ask to see them at any time.

     4. Using the ARTICLE INDEXES in the library, Reference Section,
compile a BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 5 ARTICLES IN SCHOLARLY JOURNALS on your
topic.

     a. These articles MUST be from RESEARCH or SCHOLARLY journals.

     b. They must contain FOTTNOTES or other references for the
assertions they make.

     c. They MUST have been published since 1980.

     5. Read carefully, and make careful and detailed notes on, AT
LEAST ONE of the articles.

     6. WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT, to be emailed to me and your group.

     1. Write a BIBLIOGRAPHY on your topic. Include in it the books
and articles you have found.

     ALPHABETIZE the bibliography. Use the following format:

     For a book: Lastname, Firstname. _Title of Book_. Place:
Publisher, Year. Library Call Number.

     For an article: Lastname, Firstname. "Title of Article." _Title
of Journal_. Volume number (year), pages.

     2. Write ONE PAGE -- 300 words -- narrowing your topic down.

     * you should not repeat anything from your original topic
statement -- don't simply copy it.

     * Now that you have read and studied something about your topic,
you shuld be able to have more thoughtful views about:

     a. WHICH ASPECTS of your topic you COULD research, and which are
not suitable for research.

     b. HOW you could go about doing your research.

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