TECHNICAL WRITING: ENG115

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Exercise 6
   
Exercise 7
 
Midterm Exam
 
 
 
Unit 2

 

Exercise 7: Find a Topic and Prepare an Annotated Bibliography for Your Research Report (50 points)

7.1. Read Lannon, 10th edition:

  • Chapter 7  "Thinking Critically about the Research Process."
  • Chapter 8  "Exploring Hardcopy, Online, and Internet Sources."
  • Appendix A  "Recording and Documenting Research Findings."

or Lannon, 11th edition:

  • Chapter 7  "Thinking Critically about the Research Process."
  • Chapter 8  "Exploring Electronic and Hardcopy."
  • Appendix A: "A Quick Guide to Documentation."

7.2. Go to Research Report for an overview of the project. The most important first steps in this research report project are to identify a topic that interests you and make sure that  you can find sufficient information about it. So, once you identify the topic, the next step is to prepare a bibliography.

7.3. Go to Topic and Bibliography Instructions and read about how to prepare an annotated bibliography.  You can find more detailed instructions on how to prepare a specific bibliographic entry in Lannon, Appendix A. You may use either APA or MLA style, but be consistent.

7.4. Go to Blackboard and select Discussion Board. Then go to the Forum for Exercise 7.  Select Add New Thread to open a message box.  Paste your Exercise 7 (Bibliography) into the box and click on submit.

 

 

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