I wish to make use of this blog to post the links that you find on the web. (A blog is ideal for this since it not only lets you post the link, but also offer commentary on it.)
In general we need resources on the following topics:
- Comprehensive (big general resources concerning writing)
- Starting Out
- Responding to Writing
- English as a Second Language
- English Rererence (like dictionaries etc.)
- Style
- Citation
- Grammar
- Punctuation
- Genre
At this point your task is to pick a possible topic to research and go hog-wild googling about the web to find possible resources on the subject. You can then "blog" the sites you find to this blog. I am going to install the "blog this" button on all our browsers so you can post the pages easily.
Aside from Google or whatever particular search engine you prefer, I would also suggest that you make liberal use of Google Scholar, the search engine that is limited to academic work. (It may or may not include anything, but it is worth a try.)
Does that make sense? Post any questions in the comments.
Good luck and thanks for all your hard work.
2 comments:
Clint,
I'm willing to show what I use in class for English 2010s here, but some of the critical evaluation of sources is also used in 1010.
Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill20.html
Critically Analyzing Information Sources
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm
Five criteria for evaluating Web pages
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/webcrit.html
University of Albany Internet Tutorials
http://library.albany.edu/internet/
Colorado State’s writing guide on evaluating authors. The second address addresses the specific question: “What if a source doesn’t identify its author?”
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/trad_research/eval/pop2b.cfm
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/trad_research/eval/com2b5.cfm
Search Engine Showdown-Multi-Search Engines (usefulness, or not, of using them)
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/multi/
Overview: Conducting Electronic Searches (Colorado State)
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/trad_research/searches/
Evaluating Internet Resources (Univ of Albany)
http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html
Conducting Research on the Internet
http://library.albany.edu/internet/research.html
Critically Analyzing Information Sources
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/skill26.htm
INFOMINE : Scholarly Internet research collections
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
I generally suggest, for 1010 or 2010, to also consult CQ Researcher, available on our SLCC Library site, in the databases section, to get a general introduction to issues, hot topics, etc.
Also useful, for the purposes of the rhetorical analysis (1010 and 2010 level) is this site:
http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=insights&id=52
It has a good discussion on Weasel Words (qualifiers) and how scholars use them for more precision rather than obfuscation.
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