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| I. SHORT ANSWER (Questions
1-4) |
| 1) |
Encyclopedia articles often contain a list of recommended
books and articles at the end of the article, or sometimes
at the end of each article section. What is this list called?
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| 2) |
Briefly explain how encyclopedia articles can be helpful
during steps 2 and 3 of the research process. (5 points)
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| 3) |
List any 3 types of self-contained reference sources. (3
points)
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| 4) |
Briefly explain the difference between general and subject
encyclopedias. (3 points)
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| II. USING THE ENCYCLOPEDIA
AMERICANA ONLINE (Questions 5-18) In this part
of the exercise (questions 5-18) you will be using a general
encyclopedia called the Encyclopedia Americana Online.
Skyline Library is a paid subscriber to this massive encyclopedia,
which offers:
* a 25 million-word collection of text and images
* tens of thousands of articles written by over 6,000 authors
* coverage of all field of knowledge
• Once you are connected to Encyclopedia Americana
Online, complete the exercise below by carefully following
each step.
• The Encyclopedia Americana Online will
be abbreviated as “EA” in these directions.
• Notice in the upper right-hand corner of the EA
home page a small, blank rectangle. This is called the text
entry box. Directly underneath this box you are
given 3 choices representing the 3 most common types of
searches you can do on EA:
-- article titles
-- full-text
-- journal full-text
• Notice that “article titles” is the
default search option, i.e. this method has already been
chosen. Since you will do an “article titles”
search, DO NOT change this setting.
• Click once inside the text entry box to make the
cursor appear.
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*** ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA ONLINE
EXERCISE #1 (Questions 5-10) ***
- Let’s assume you’ve been assigned a research
project and you’re in the very early stages of the
research process. At this point, you’ve decided
on a general subject, but have not yet narrowed your subject
into a research question. The subject you’ve chosen
is child development.
- Type child development in the text
entry box.
Press <enter> or click on the search button.
- Your search result screen should display 1 document
–- an article entitled “child development.”
Click on this title to make the entire text appear.
- At the screen displaying the full-text of the article,
notice in the right margin a list of 6 links. Click on
"contents."
A new window will open displaying the table of contents
for this article.
- Notice that this article is divided into 7 main sections.
The first main section is Development in Infancy
and the last main section is Social and Personality
Development. (Several of the main sections are
divided into sub-sections, which are given under the main
section title and indented slightly to the right.)
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| 5) |
The section Social and Personality Development
is divided into how many subsections?
(HINT: Subsection titles are indented under the main section
title. Do not count the bibliography as a subsection.)
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| 6) |
Clearly, this article is a broad overview of many topics
pertaining to child development. You know the importance
of narrowing a subject into a manageable topic. Looking
again at the sections and subsections given in the contents
– and reading sections of the article if you find
that helpful – identify an aspect, theory, controversy,
significant person, etc., that might provide a narrower
focus for your research on child development. Write a research
question based on that focus. For example:
Example 1:
SUBJECT: Child development
RESEARCH QUESTION: What is the role of the growth of conscience
in the social and personal development of a child?
Example 2:
SUBJECT: Child development
RESEARCH QUESTION: What role does language acquisition play
in the overall cognitive development of a child?
YOUR ANSWER: (3 points)
SUBJECT: Child development
RESEARCH QUESTION:
• Close the contents window and return to the article
text.
• Scroll to the end of the article and find the bibliography. |
| 7) |
Choose any one of the books listed in the bibliography
and provide the following information: (4 points) |
| 8) |
Encyclopedias usually provide the name of the author(s)
at the end of the article. (Sometimes different authors write
individual sections of very long articles.) Scroll a few lines
above the bibliography and find the name of the author of
this article. Who is the author and what college is this person
affiliated with? (2 points)
• Scroll down past the bibliography and click on
" top of page."
• In the right margin, click on "related
articles." You will be shown
a list of other articles in the EA where additional or related
information on child development can be found.
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| 9) |
Give the title of one of the related articles found in
EA:
• Click on back to return to the
article on child development.
• In the right margin, click on "web
links." You will
be shown a list of authoritative websites related to child
development chosen by the editorial staff at EA.
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| 10) |
From this list, give the title (NOT the web address) of
one website related to child development:
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*** ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA ONLINE EXERCISE
#2 (Questions 11-16) **
- From the list below, choose a country, historical event,
or famous person.
CHOOSE ONE FROM ONE CATEGORY !!
Country: Thailand, Ecuador, Luxembourg,
Ukraine
Historical Event: Battle of Gettysburg,
Renaissance, Vietnam War
Famous Person: Abraham Lincoln, Mick Jagger,
Joe DiMaggio, Mozart, Louis Armstrong
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| 11) |
Type your choice below:
• Search the EA for your subject by typing your
choice in the text entry box at the top of the screen.
• Your results list may be one article or several
articles. Choose the article that contains just your search
terms in the article title and nothing else. This will be
the broadest, most substantive discussion of your topic.
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| 12) |
Who is the author(s) of the article?
(NOTE: Sometimes no author is given for short articles. If
that’s the case, your answer is “N.A” for
“Not Applicable.”)
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| 13) |
Does a bibliography accompany this article?
yes
no |
| 14) |
If the article is organized into several sections, give
the title of one of the sections
(NOTE: Enter “N.A.” if not applicable to your
article.)
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| 15) |
Are any related articles in EA listed?
yes
no |
| 16) |
If yes, give the title of one of the related articles:
If no, your answer is “N.A.”
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*** ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA ONLINE EXERCISE
#3: RESEARCHING YOUR TOPIC (Questions 17-18) **
- Starting with this lesson, you will be finding information
sources (books, articles, etc) on the research question
you chose at the end of Lesson 2. During the meeting you
recently had with the instructor, you already found your
first information source: an article from the Encyclopedia
Americana Online that relates either to your general
subject OR your specific research question.
- Provide the following information for the article chosen
with the help of the instructor:
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| 17) |
Title of encyclopedia article:
(NOTE: Include relevant section title, if applicable.)
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| 18) |
Author(s) of the article:
NOTE: If none given, your answer is “not given.”
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III. USING SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS
(Questions 19-22) **
- As discussed in the reading, subject encyclopedias focus
on a single subject or discipline. This exercise will
introduce you to a subject encyclopedia available in electronic
format: The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Click
here to connect to The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- Let’s assume you’re beginning your research
on the philosophical school of thought known as gnosticism.
To find an article on gnosticsm, click on the letter "G"
in the alphabetic index.
- From the list of encyclopedia articles given under "G",
click on the article entitled “Gnosticism.”
- Scroll down slightly and find the table of contents.
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| 19) |
This article is divided into 4 main sections. The last
section is entitled "Concluding Summary." What are
the titles of the first 3 main sections? (3 points)
(HINT: Do not count sub-sections or the “Sources.”)
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| 20) |
Who is the author of this article?
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| 21) |
Does a bibliography accompany this article?
(HINT: Scholars and publishers sometime use other terms or
phrases to refer to bibliographies, such as “Recommended
reading,” or “Additional sources.”)
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| *** SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIAS: RESEARCHING
YOUR TOPIC *** |
| 22) |
During the meeting you recently had with the instructor,
you also found an article from a print subject encyclopedia
about your general subject or specific research question.
Provide the following information for the article you found:
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