LIR 30: Week 3

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LIR 30 Week 3

• Thesis Questions,
• Citing Using Sources

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Class Announcements

• Change in lecture notes
• Lab rules re food
• Class quiz/question deadline!

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From Topic to Thesis Statement
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Research Topics

• Topic selection
• Specific topic ease of research
• More focused
• Eliminate off-topic sources
• Fewer sources to review
• Even topics selected by instructors can be
  tweaked for easier research

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Good Research Topics

• Two (or more) elements
• Thesis Topic Specific Assertion

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Good Research Topics

• Thesis Topic Specific Assertion
• Clash influence on music
• Google privacy China policy
• Steroids Congressional hearings
• Struggling readers effect of reading dog
  program
• Creeks urban restoration

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Good Research Topics

• Reggae
• Too broad
• Reggae influence on Police and Thieves
• Too narrow
• Influence of reggae music on the Clash
• Just right!

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Is a thesis statement or research question
required?

• Ask your instructor!
• (Can be helpful even if not required.)

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Creating Thesis and Topic Statements or Research
Questions

• Thesis statement
• One or two sentence statement articulating
  purpose
• Defines, topic and may indicate point of view

• Research Question
• All of the above, plus
• Articulates research topic in question form

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Strong thesis/topic questions

• Justifies discussion
• One idea, direction for research
• Specific
• Roadmap for research and writing

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Strong thesis statements?

• Needs Improvement
• Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm is one
  of the greatest classic fairy tales.

• New and Improved!
• The Brothers Grimm sought to improve health
  education for their public through fairy tales.
  Hansel and Gretel reflects their growing
  concern over the high-carbohydrate diets common
  in late 19th century Germany.

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Strong research questions?

• Needs Improvement
• Does Hansel and Gretel reflect the health
  concerns of the Brothers Grimm?

• New and Improved!
• Given the Brothers Grimm commitment to health
  education through fairy tales, how does Hansel
  and Gretel demonstrate their concern with the
  high carbohydrate diet of Germans in the late
  19th century?

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If your Thesis Question Can be answered by a
simple yes or no

• Keep working!

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An effective thesis statement or research
question

• creates keywords for searching

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Be sure to read Reader material for next
week(Plus excellent site for more information)

• http//owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/
  ResearchW/thesis.html

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Thesis Statement/Research Question Homework for
Next Week
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Citations Path to Sources
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Citation styles what the heck?

• MLA vs. APA
• MLA humanities, arts
• APA sciences, social sciences
• http//www.santarosa.edu/library/guides/apa.pdf
• http//www.santarosa.edu/library/guides/apa-databa
  ses.pdf

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MLA Format Handouts online versions

• General sources
• http//www.santarosa.edu/library/guides/mla.pdf
• Electronic sources
• http//www.santarosa.edu/library/guides/mla-databa
  ses.pdf

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Citing Sources

• Correctly!

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What is a source?

• Any book, periodical, website, interview,
  lecture, film, show, etc. etc. you gather
  information from
• If not from your own head (common knowledge),
  cite it!

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Cite vs. Site

• Cite (citation)
• To make reference to
• Bibliographic record of your source

• Site
• Place where something is located

c. Mad Magazine
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Keeping track of sources notecards

• Author(s)
• Title of article (periodicals)
• Title of book, periodical or website
• Date of publication
• Place of publication (books)
• URL (websites)

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Citation Elements Basic Bibliographic
Information (refer to this chart in Reader while
we continue)
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Authors Name

• Person/persons responsible for source
• Last name first (except for additional authors)
• No author? Leave blank
• More than 3? Use et al. (not on notes)
• Dont include credentials (not on notes)

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Author Examples

• Nope
• Filkins, Jean, M.S.L.I.S.
• Filkins, Jean and Kitty, Hello.

• Yep
• Filkins, Jean.
• Filkins, Jean and Hello Kitty.

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Article Title (in quotes)

• Name of
• Encyclopedia article
• Essay
• Book chapter, section
• Newspaper, magazine article
• Web page, part of a web site
• If using the whole book or website or
  alphabetical entry, article title is unnecessary

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Article Title Examples

• Nope
• "This Is Where I Belong"-Identity, Social Class,
  and the Nostalgic Englishness of Ray Davies and
  the Kinks

• Yep
• "This Is Where I Belong Identity, Social Class,
  and the Nostalgic Englishness of Ray Davies and
  the Kinks.

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Title of Resource (underlined)

• Title of
• Book, Anthology, Encyclopedia
• Journal
• Newspaper
• Website
• Edition (if needed)
• Number of volumes (if needed)

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Title of Resource Examples

• Nope
• The Journal of Popular Culture

• Yep
• Journal of Popular Culture

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Publication Information

• Place of Publication (books)
• City, sometimes state
• Major cities dont need state added
• If adding state, use postal code
• Publishers name (simply!)

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Publisher Examples

• Nope
• Hello Kitty Publishers, Inc. Santa Rosa.

• Yep
• Santa Rosa, CA Hello Kitty.

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Date of Publication

• Book
• Year
• If many, use most recent
• Magazine
• Date day month year
• Journal
• Volume.Issue (year)

• Newspaper
• Include edition
• Website
• Last date updated
• Online source
• Date accessed

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Where do you find all that stuff?
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The books cover?
Nope!
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Where do you find this stuff?

• Book title page
• Author
• Publisher
• Place of publication
• Title page verso (back of title page)
• Date of publication

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The title page!
Title of the book
Subtitle of the book
Authors of the book
Publisher of the book
Place of publication
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The verso (back of the title page)
Date of publication
CIP data, ignore!
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For Periodicals
Publication Information
Title
Authors
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For Online Periodicals
Publication Information
Authors
Title
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Works Cited Format Notes

• Alphabetize by first item
• Usually Authors last name
• Double space
• Hanging Indent
• Indent 5 spaces after first line
• Can be set on ruler in Word

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Works Cited Format Notes

• Item not available? Leave blank
• Sentence punctuation
• Period after each section!
• Dates day Month, year
• Remove hyperlinks! (See example)

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When you understand the pattern

• Its not such a mystery!

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The pattern

• Author
• Title
• Publication information

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Basic Book Citation Model (see Reader)

• Authors name (Last name, First name). Article
  Title (if needed). Book Title. Ed. Editors
  name (first name first, if needed). Place of
  publication Publisher, Date. first-last (page
  numbers, if needed).

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Reference Resource Model (See Reader)

• Author (last name first). Article Title.
  Encyclopedia or Resource Title, Ed. First name,
  last name if needed. Place of publication
  Publisher, date. First-last (page numbers not
  needed if alphabetical).

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Using the Information Youve Found

• Notecards, Ethics, Techniques

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Notes on notetaking

• Read Hunter college section in Reader
• At the very least, for bibliographic info
• Consider notebook style

On to ethics
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What is Plagiarism?

• Using someone else's ideas without credit
• Phrasing, representing someone elses ideas as
  your own

Either on purpose or through carelessness
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Avoid Plagiarism

• Own thoughts and ideas, wording
• If paraphrasing sources, always acknowledge
• Credit source of quotes, distinctive information,
  adapted material

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What Content Should Be Credited?

• Information, ideas from sources
• Paragraphs or sentences
• Distinct phrases (be careful!)
• Statistics, research, lab results, art, etc.

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Who Should Be Credited?

• Published writers of books, articles
• Internet sources
• Another student at SRJC or elsewhere

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When to Quote

• Quotable language (dangerous)
• Support for analysis
• Historical witness
• Controversial statement
• Expert testimony/declaration

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Guidelines for Quotations

• Use exact wording
• Ellipses for words removed
• Brackets for words or letters added
• Dont overuse quotations
• Dont quote the same source again and again

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Paraphrasing

• To clarify
• To simplify
• To emphasize
• To unify the language of your paper (dangerous)

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Parenthetical References

• See examples from MLA handout

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How to paraphrase
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Someone Elses Ideas in Your Own Words First
Example

• Research paper History of fashion in 1920s
• Read several sources that skirt lengths rose in
  conjunction w/ emancipated women, no more
  corsets
• Also read in one source that womens clothes
  resembled little girls

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In Alison Lurie's book The Language of Clothes
(New York 1981)

• Skirts rose from top of the ankle after WW1 to
  mid-knee
• Curves out, boyish figure in
• Waists disappeared, silhouette strait

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Your Paper Will Note

• Womens clothes changed dramatically, note
  details (stated in your words)
• Reported in several sources
• List sources in bibliography

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Your Paper Will Also Note

• Womens fashion took on a childish look
• Need to cite as follows
• As skirt lengths shortened, the fashionable
  silhouette for women looked more childish than
  womanly (Lurie 75).
• Alison Lurie notes that, at the same time hem
  lengths rose, the fashionable silhouette for
  women looked more childish than womanly (75).

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Homework for Next Week

• Read Purdue OWL Thesis Statement if you havent
  already
• Thesis statement/Research question
• Read through entire Weeks 3 4 section