I didn't have enough time in our shortened class to talk about this much so here are some research strategies that I recommend to all of you.
1. Reread the assignment (hint: it is attached below. You have to click "older posts" until you see it.). See your Hacker handbook for some advice if you don't understand it.
2. Begin some preliminary research. Your goal is to become an expert on the subject you are writing about. Search the databases, yes, but also look for some good general information (magazine articles, wikipedia, yahoo directory, etc) that will give you the background info. on the topic.
3. Do more research (you are going to hear this phrase a lot). Begin to focus your topic. Log on to owl.english.purdue.edu and do a search on research. This will really help. Also, go back to the Hacker, to Ch. 16 & 17 in your Good Reasons book.
More later.
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