Sunday, September 26, 2010

Evaluation of a web resource: Resources for Writing 111

Evaluation of a web resource: Resources for Writing 111

This page is a resource for students to use when writing academic papers. It offers information on places to gather articles for one’s research, citation guides, definitions of plagiarism and academic integrity as well as a number of tutorials to walk students through certain aspects of composing a good paper. For example: how to find useful books and articles for sources and use Binghamton University’s library resources to one’s advantage. This web page is offered by Binghamton University and the author is subject librarian, Bern Mulligan. It was updated last on September 14th 2010 so its information is current and is helpful to aid students in finding proper sources and putting together a good research assignment. This website is valuable for our course media studies because it provides so many tools to help with the abstract assignment as well as any academic paper in general.

Mulligan, Bern. Resources for Writing 111. Binghamton University, 14 September, 2010.http://libraryguides.binghamton.edu/writing. 25 September, 2010. Web.

Links:

Citation Help
http://library.binghamton.edu/research/guides/citationhelp.html
This link is helpful for the class because we reference the work of many famous authors and scholars in the field. In order to use their findings or ideas to support an argument of our own in a paper or an abstract it is important to site properly and credit them for their work.

Get it @ BU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2RVF1iQtHg
This link goes to a tutorial that walks a student through how to use the services from Binghamton University’s library to obtain any book or article that is pertinent to our research for the course. It shows exactly where to click on the web site as well as gives verbal instructions.

Current Events and News
http://p8332-metalink.binghamton.edu.proxy.binghamton.edu/V/QTAK7P5XKGM276Y1LJQRKT915MNU9K9GDLKT92FFH3UIESKRKE-22898?FUNC=FIND-DB-1-CATEGORY&MODE=category&CATEGORY=Current+Events+and+News&SUB_CAT=All&RESTRICTED=all&pds_handle=GUEST
This link shows a large list of different data bases containing relevant articles about current events and news going on around the world. This is a good resource to gain knowledge and relevant information on current events and public opinion to be used in one’s papers or research.

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