Research Paper

Student Learning Outcomes:

	to have student think about how the internet has changed the way we live (the way US society operates, the way the world works).
	to use the Internet as a research tool
	to see the value of exchanging ideas on the Webboard
	to practice writing a research paper with footnotes for Internet sources in the proper format

Procedure:

	Understand Grading
	Select a topic
	Find and post the sources
	Create a draft
	Read the Drafts of other students and comment on them
	Incorporate feedback into your paper
	Write the final paper with proper footnotes

Select a Topic:

Select the topic for a 500 word (2 page) paper on "How the Internet has changed everything" focusing on one specific area such as listed below or one agreed upon with the professor prior to beginning:

	Purchasing books, cars, buying everything
	Planning travel and traveling
	Psychological aspects such as Internet addiction
	Doing research
	Meeting a mate (see sample source for the dating topic)
	Finding a job
	Getting the news
	Politics
	Sports
	Spending your time
	Cyberslacking -see CNN report
	Getting an education
	Cheating in School
	Bring people together or producing a digital divide
	Communicating (mail, phone, email, chat, etc.)

Use the Internet to find Information:

Use Internet search engines to locate a minimum of 8 good articles that discuss the topic or examples of sites that provide the service under discussion. Post the URLs and a sentence or two about each article on the WebBoard.

Write and Post a draft:

Write a 500 word (2 page) paper with a minimum of 5 properly footnoted internet sources. Quote sources that support your position.

Your paper should be very specific including the URLs of sites that demonstrate the point you are trying to make.

It should have:

	An opening paragraph where you summarize what you are going to discuss in the paper.
	Several paragraphs (3 to 5) where you discuss how the internet has changed the area on which you are focusing. For example with finding jobs consider how the job hunter (potential employee) posts resume, gets info on employers, etc. How has the internet made the task better and how is it now worse for the job hunter. Then look at the issue from the side of the employer. How is finding a employees using the Internet better for the employer then prior methods? Are they any drawbacks. Explain the similarities with traditional methods. Can Internet and traditional methods be used together? Is there synergy?
	A concluding paragraph where you reiterate the point(s) you made in the paper.

Write a proper paper with a bibliography and at least 2 Internet sources.

Include a minimum of 3 paper internet footnotes

Footnote advice:

Every idea used in your writing that you read somewhere else, even if you do not use it word for word, requires a footnote!

Otherwise you are guilty of plagiarism. Microsoft Word makes creating a bibliography simple. It provides good Help, and there are plenty of other tutorials on the web for footnotes and bibliographies. If you aren't 100% sure, read a few of them.

Remember, just as you searched (Google and others), so can I. I the wording of work submitted by a student does not seem typical of Union County College students, it will be used as a search term. Material in work submitted by a student that comes from the web (or any other source) that is not attributed to the source is in violation of the U.C.C. Academic Integrity code.

Automatic Footnote & Bibliography entry creation using forms

Discussion of how to properly create Footnotes & Bibliography entries

Footnotes

Type the word that are a quote

Immediately put in the footnote (so it is right after, no space, the quote)

Get the automatic superscripted number
In Word 2007 click on Insert Footnote on the Reference Ribbon..

In Word 2003 document use the

Insert menu

Reference

Footnote

Word will put the footnote number in the document and the same number on the bottom of the page where it will stop waiting for you to type the footnote.

Type in the proper format or insert the footnote text using the following tools to generate it;

	carnum - keeps sources online, creates bibliographies and footnotes
	Citation Machine also lets you put in to sources and facts and put it all in the right format
	SourceAid builds bibliography citations for free, but it costs for footnotes ($20/yr, $3 for 2 weeks)
	NoodleTools has a $8 subscription fee

Bibliography

	In Word 2007, Use the Reference Ribbon and Insert a Citations for each source. When Citations Inserted, they are stored in the Master List, which resides on the local computer (the PC your are currently using) ONLY. To move them to the current list select Manage sources and then they will be stored with the document.
	In Word 2003, word provide NO help so If possible, use Answers.com because at the very bottom of the page there are cite links that provide perfectly formatted MLA (or other format) bibliography entry.

carnum - keeps sources online, creates bibliographies and footnotes Easy Bib automatically creates MLA citations

Citation Machine also lets you put in
to sources and facts
and put it all in the right format

provides bibliography- has one week free trial, - no footnotes

SourceAid builds bibliography citations
for free, but it costs for footnotes
($20/yr, $3 for 2 weeks)

NoodleTools $8 subscription fee

	Footnote/Endnote Citation Form: A Short Guide by Steve Volk
	Noodletoools has a great FAQ on how to cite unusual sources like MP3!
	Northfield Mount Hermon School shows how Footnotes and Bibliography entries are formatted in Chicago (bibliography has same format as footnotes with these two exceptions: 1:List authors in alphabetical order by last names followed by their first names. 2 Omit page numbers. )
	For APA Purdue's Writing Lab has footnotes and much more
	Univeristy of Toronto gives MLA and APA formatting rules and examples

Atomic Learning charges but has some good free tutorials like footnotes.

MLA FOOTNOTING: Electronic Sources from Dawson College Learning Center - to the point

Research Guide is a great resource with lots of examples.

Word 2007 Instructions

	Florida Gulf Coast
	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
	Microsoft on Footnotes

Visit the ALC if you need help. Get it from a friend, but make sure that your paper is original work.

Post a draft your paper on the Forum.

week 4	15 points	Topic chosen and posted on the WebBoard
week 6	25 points	URL's of 8 or more sources with comments posted on the Web Board
week 8	50 points	Draft posted
weeks 9,10,11,12	up to 15 points each minimum of 3 maximum of 10	Read the Drafts of 3 or more students. Read some of the source articles noted. Ask questions, point out arguments, make suggestions. Refer to the author's sources or your own. Make 3 to 10 meaningful posts.
week 13	40 points	Final Paper due
Total	175 to 280

Don't loose points by skipping a step!

Note: There will be a question on the final from each student's paper.

Student Learning Outcomes:

Procedure:

Select a Topic:

Use the Internet to find Information:

Write and Post a draft:

Read Papers of Fellow Students

Write your Final Paper

Grades: