Information Competency Literacy Research Guides

Instructor: Mr. Alan Wade
English 120

Purpose: The purpose of this library research guide is to:

stimulate students in making sense of the world around them
grant students practice in the research process by having them use several mediums to conduct the research,
evaluate the relevance of each source, and apply the gathered evidence to their chosen argument
encourage students to continue using the MLA standards for formatting and citations.

STEP 1: Your Topic + Your "Angle" = Your Thesis

Example #1: I am working on the effects of global warming on ocean fish because I want to find out how the impact of global warming influences our understanding of pollution and the greenhouse effect, in order to help my classmates understand how we can reduce our impact on the environment. Example 2: I want to find information on college students and cigarette smoking so I can help my classmates understand how smoking is harmful to their health.

STEP 2: Choose a database and do a keyword/subject search

Opposing Viewpoints

General Onefile

or
Academic

Onefile

leads to

Citation

"Children and nutrition"
Resto, Jeri
Child Development 2:5 (2,123:March) 235.

leads to

Article text.

"The formation of the ideas of children constitutes a study equally interesting from a literary and a scientific point of view..."

STEP 3: Find San Diego local Issues.

Use our database called Proquest for newspaper articles

Use a website called Voice of San Diego

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