WEBLINKS- LITERATURE RESEARCH—STARTING PLACES
STUDENTS—
CLICK
ON THE LINKS BELOW TO SEE AN INDEX OR STARTING POINTS FOR RESEARCHING
LITERATURE PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS. THE LINKS YOU WILL FIND ON THE PAGES
BELOW MAY NOT BE ACTUAL SOURCES FOR YOUR RESEARCH PROJECTS, BUT BY
CHECKING THESE OUT, YOU CAN GET IDEAS ON WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO RESEARCH FOR
THAT PROJECT.
YOUR
SOURCES SHOULD BE CREDIBLE AND AUTHORITATIVE. (GO TO www.highlands.edu/click on LIBRARY at the top
of that page, click on the last link under the first column—ONLINE
TUTORIALS—for a quick review of research info and how to tell if a source is
credible or not). YOU WILL NEED AT LEAST 7 GOOD SOURCES—WHETHER YOU
CHOOSE TO PRESENT A 10 MINUTE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (WHICH WILL BE CITED ON
SLIDES WITH WORKS CITED PAGE AT THE END) OR A 5-7 PAGE RESEARCH PAPER (MLA)
WITH 7 SOURCES (AT LEAST) cited on Works Cited page and within the text of the
paper in correct MLA form. (SEE “CITING GALILEO” UNDER LIBRARY/
GALLILEO/”CITING GALILEO” AT WWW.HIGHLANDS.EDU
TO SEE A LIST OF SAMPLE (VERY GOOD) MLA FORMS)
SEE YOUR COURSE SYLLABUS FOR THE DATE WHEN THE PROPOSAL AND LATER, THE PRESENTATION OR PAPER WILL BE DUE. THE PAPER/PRESENTATION COUNTS AS A TEST GRADE FOR THE COURSE. (SEE YOUR SYLLABUS) FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW FOR THE COURSE YOU ARE PRESENTLY TAKING TO SEE SOME CHOICES. THESE ARE, BY NO MEANS, THE ONLY CHOICES, BUT THE TOPIC YOU CHOOSE MUST BE APPROVED BY ME IN ADVANCE. YOU WILL BE SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL OR PARAGRAPH WITH YOUR PROBABLE THESIS AND A PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT PLUS A LIST OF SOURCES IN MLA FORM AROUND MID-TERM. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS—
SUE
MUNN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
HUMANITIES DIVISION
SMUNN@HIGHLANDS.EDU
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--ENGLISH 2111 WORLD LITERATURE I
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--ENGLISH 2112 WORLD LITERATURE II
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--ENGLISH 2121 BRITISH LITERATURE I
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*SUE MUNN—UPDATED MAY 2007--LINKS WILL BE UPDATED PERIODICALLY