English Composition Instructor Resources: Other Resources

First, watch this short video.

Next, use this worksheet to help you identify a person or community to interview and some questions to ask for your profile assignment.

Look over this refresher on using citations. You will be using MLA or APA style in this course.

Read this article: Hundreds Fail to Spot Plagiarism.

Directions for your own citations in this course:

• Ask your instructor which citation style you will be using.
• You can also consult the OWL at Purdue for guidance on formatting.
• Along with following a format for this course, you should understand that there are different citation styles to follow in different disciplines. You will need to learn a style and use it in your projects as you progress through your education. Keep these ideas in mind when using citations:
  • Think about how citations allow you to make bigger connections between what you have learned through research and your own ideas as you write.
  • Complete the Accidental plagiarism tutorial to learn when, why, and how to cite your sources in your papers.

Directions for your own citations in this course:

• Ask your instructor which citation style you will be using. The UA Libraries provide citation guides for:
  • You can consult the OWL at Purdue for guidance on formatting.

• Along with following a format for this course, you should understand that there are different citation styles to follow in different disciplines. You will need to learn a style and use it in your projects as you progress through your education. Keep these ideas in mind when using citations:
  • Think about how citations allow you to make bigger connections between what you have learned through research and your own ideas as you write.
  • Complete the Accidental plagiarism tutorial to learn when, why, and how to cite your sources in your papers.

Watch the video below (certain sections of ENG 101 might have already watched this as part of an activity, so just refresh your memory if that's the case); and complete the Research Conversation exercise below. By completing these activities, you will have your topic selected and have located a few resources to use by the end of the third week of the assignment.

To get started on the exercise:

• Complete the Academic Search Ultimate Tutorial to get familiar with at least one database to start searching. Students struggle with these interfaces at times, but once you get the hang of it, many databases have similar features and you’ll be able to move more seamlessly between them.
• Open the resources tab on this course guide so that you will have all the tools you need.

Start off with this tutorial on using library resources:

• Welcome to UA Libraries

These activities will help you locate your two published sources on your community or community member.

• First, complete the How Do I Create A Search Strategy? tutorial to figure out the best strategy for finding and using resources.
• The resources tab on your course guide contains links to a number of databases and directions on how to use them.
  • You can also search subject databases to locate additional information on your topic.
  • If you have already used Academic Search Ultimate, try a new database like Google Scholar.