Research Notes on College Composition I | ENG 1010, Study notes of Grammar and Composition

Download Research Notes on College Composition I | ENG 1010 and more Study notes Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! 1 Research Notes Prepared by Emanuel Hughley Jr. Assistant Professor of English and Journalism Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus Highland Hills, Ohio Note taking: the heart of research  Learn to take notes to fit thesis.  Write high quality notes, and you won’t need to rewrite them for paper.  Types of notes  Quotation note  Summary note  Paraphrase note  Personal note 2 Creating effective notes  Write one item per note  List the source  Author  Title  Book or magazine titles in italics or underline.  Article titles in “quotations”  Publisher’s name  Web address for internet source  <http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SOH2269-0- 9872&artno=0000011000&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=%22birth%20co ntrol%22&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=Y&ic=N>  Before writing note, abbreviate exact source as a reference to your bibliographic card.  Label each note  Write a brief line at the top of each note to describe its contents. Developing note cards  Use ink because notes written in pencil tend to become blurred.  Use index cards  4- by 6-inch or 3- by 5-inch  Avoid large sheets of paper.  Write only on one side of a card.  Material on back may be overlooked  Use back side to record personal notes.  Use Power Point slides  http://instruct.tri- c.edu/ehughle/ENG_1010/Eng_1010_PowerPoint/Wray%20res earch%20notes.ppt 5 Quoting primary sources  First hand account written by an eyewitness or a participant  Contains raw data and immediate impressions.  Needed for citing poetry, fiction, drama, letters, interviews.  Also needed when quoting speeches or internet material.  Quote exactly, retain spacing and margins spell words as in original.  Use (sic) to indicate original errors. Quoting secondary sources  Analysis of information contained in one or more primary sources.  Quote from secondary sources of three specific reasons:  To display excellence in ideas and expression by the source.  To explain complex material  To set up a statement of your own  Avoid extensive use of direct quotes from secondary sources. 6 Avoiding Plagiarism  Plagiarism is the willful use of another person’s writing or ideas as your own.  It is grounds for failure and academic dismissal from the college.  It can easily be avoided by giving credit to your sources. Avoiding Plagiarism  Crediting chosen sources is major part of writing a research paper.  You give proper credit if you:  Cite the source of the ideas you borrow.  Give proper credit to the speaker of a well- worded quoted phrase or sentence.  Name the authors of the best ideas on a topic that you have summarized.  Acknowledge borrowed material by introducing the quotation or paraphrase with the name of the author. 7 Avoiding Plagiarism  Name the authors of the best ideas on a topic that you have summarized.  Acknowledge borrowed material by introducing the quotation or paraphrase with the name of the author. Avoiding Plagiarism  Enclose all quoted material within quotation marks.  Make certain paraphrased material is stated in your own style and language.  Provide specific in-text documentation for each borrowed item  (Smith 22).