Library Assignment English B1A Part I Thesis Statement and Key Words: Write out the current version of the thesis statement for your research paper. What are the key words in your thesis statement that you could use in search engines used for library research? List any and all synonyms for each of these key words. Part II Articles: Select an appropriate BC periodical search engine and do a search using your key words. Briefly describe the results. Why did you pick this search engine? How useful was it? Why? List the name of one of the articles that you found that's relevant to your thesis with this search (if you did not find an article that relates to your paper, briefly explain why you believe this search failed). Is this a periodical, a scholarly journal, or a newspaper article? How can you tell? Find the bibliographic information for the article you found and write it out in MLA works cited format. (If you did not find an article on your topic, select another article and list it in MLA format).
Library Assignment English B1A Part I Thesis Statement and Key Words: Write out the current version of the thesis statement for your research paper. What are the key words in your thesis statement that you could use in search engines used for library research? List any and all synonyms for each of these key words. Part II Articles: Select an appropriate BC periodical search engine and do a search using your key words. Briefly describe the results. Why did you pick this search engine? How useful was it? Why? List the name of one of the articles that you found that's relevant to your thesis with this search (if you did not find an article that relates to your paper, briefly explain why you believe this search failed). Is this a periodical, a scholarly journal, or a newspaper article? How can you tell? Find the bibliographic information for the article you found and write it out in MLA works cited format. (If you did not find an article on your topic, select another article and list it in MLA format).
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