{"id":497,"date":"2016-06-03T23:06:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T23:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=497"},"modified":"2016-08-31T15:18:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T15:18:42","slug":"try-it-finding-sources","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/chapter\/try-it-finding-sources\/","title":{"raw":"Try It: Finding Sources","rendered":"Try It: Finding Sources"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Finding Sources Activity<\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\r\n<h3>To Do<\/h3>\r\n<img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-941\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/06\/15183349\/pen-830426_1280-150x150.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a fountain pen with wings near its tip\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>You've already completed an essay describing the\u00a0challenges facing a specific category of students as they attempt to complete college. In this next step, we will find potential sources to help back up and support the claims in your essay.\r\n\r\nThe first step of research is to identify a question you hope to answer in your essay.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Work with your tutor at the Enhancement Center to formulate a research question.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Next, write the answers the following questions.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What is your <strong>research question<\/strong>?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What is your <strong>working thesis statement<\/strong>, based off of your research question?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What <strong>keywords<\/strong> can you use for your search?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Visit a Wikipedia article<\/strong> related to one of your search terms. Write a paragraph about your findings. Is the Wikipedia article helpful? What other insights does it give you? Look at the sources and citations at the bottom of the page. What other leads can you find through these links?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Go to the <strong>Cerritos College <a href=\"http:\/\/libraryguides.cerritos.edu\/EBSCOhost_tutorials\">Library Database Tutorial<\/a><\/strong>. Watch the videos about basic and advanced searching in the database.\u00a0Use the library database and EBSCO Search to find <strong>two<\/strong> resources that apply\u00a0to your research question.\u00a0Write a short paragraph about each\u00a0result\u00a0describing\u00a0what you found and how relevant it is to your search topic.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"post-916\" class=\"type-1 post-916 chapter type-chapter status-publish hentry\"><\/div>","rendered":"<h2>Finding Sources Activity<\/h2>\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\n<h3>To Do<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-941\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2016\/06\/15183349\/pen-830426_1280-150x150.png\" alt=\"Illustration of a fountain pen with wings near its tip\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>You&#8217;ve already completed an essay describing the\u00a0challenges facing a specific category of students as they attempt to complete college. 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What other leads can you find through these links?<\/li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Cerritos College <a href=\"http:\/\/libraryguides.cerritos.edu\/EBSCOhost_tutorials\">Library Database Tutorial<\/a><\/strong>. Watch the videos about basic and advanced searching in the database.\u00a0Use the library database and EBSCO Search to find <strong>two<\/strong> resources that apply\u00a0to your research question.\u00a0Write a short paragraph about each\u00a0result\u00a0describing\u00a0what you found and how relevant it is to your search topic.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"post-916\" class=\"type-1 post-916 chapter type-chapter status-publish hentry\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-497\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Try It: Finding Sources. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Our First Search. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Alexis McMillan-Clifton. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Tacoma Community College. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><li>Image of winged pen. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: progressor. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/pen-wing-winged-pen-writing-symbol-830426\/\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/pen-wing-winged-pen-writing-symbol-830426\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/cc0\">CC0: No Rights Reserved<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":29,"menu_order":13,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Our First Search\",\"author\":\"Alexis McMillan-Clifton\",\"organization\":\"Tacoma Community College\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Image of winged pen\",\"author\":\"progressor\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/en\/pen-wing-winged-pen-writing-symbol-830426\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc0\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Try It: Finding Sources\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"d02d1577-95b0-4277-b4e4-fa5c0278a103","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-497","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":20,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1941,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/497\/revisions\/1941"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/20"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/497\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=497"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=497"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}