Blog entry - due 6/1

Reflections on Research!


What were your experiences (positive and negative) with doing research for the final research paper? What have you learned? What would you identify as the most useful research skill/technique? What do you feel you still need to work on?



Since I know you are also working on a paper, this can be pretty short (150 words)

Survey for the school!

Here is the link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/D6YKJMK



Note: Because we are using the free version of Survey Monkey, there is an ad for the service at the end. Students DO NOT have to sign up for Survey Monkey. They can simply close that window.

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Homework due 3/20

1) BRING YOUR FINAL RESEARCH PAPER (in whatever working state it is) PRINTED OUT TO CLASS - WE WILL BE WORKSHOPPING AND WORKING ON THESE!!!  You may want to bring some articles/books you are using for research as well)

2) Readings from Food Inc.

Pick one group of essays to read:
Group 1  (GM FOOD/WORLD HUNGER)
Pages 65-91; 149-169 (if you can't get through all 40 pages, thats ok, just try to get at least 25 pps read)

Group 2: -(FARM/FOOD WORKERS) 123-149

Group 3 (ENVIRONMENT) 105-123; 91-103

Still struggling with MLA Style Citation?

The Library is offering drop-in sessions for students on both MLA and APA starting this week.

These sessions are designed to provide one-on-one assistance to students who are in the process of compiling their Works Cited or Reference Lists (these are not going to be formal classes).

Please announce in your classes or refer students who are having difficulties.

All sessions will be held in the Library's Lab, E101-B

- Thursday, May 20th  3-5 PM
- Wednesday, May 26th 2-4 PM
- Thursday, May 27th  1-3 PM
- Tuesday, June 1st  2:30-4:30 PM

Students can drop in anytime during the two hour sessions to get help.

If students cannot attend one of these sessions, they can always get assistance at the Library's Reference Desk, anytime the library is open.

Homework for May 11th - Annotated Bibliography.

Homework for May 11th!  Even if you missed the last class, this must be done on time for credit.

You will create an annotated bibliography of 10 NEW sources you might use. review for your final research paper.  These will be in addition to the sources you used for the first research paper. 

Guidelines - At least 3 should be books.  1 should come from a "scholarly" journal and the rest can come from any media you choose (newspapers, radio podcasts, websites)

Here's an interesting video on the topic from CUNY's own York Colelge:


Draft My Paper from Daniel Phelps on Vimeo.