Homework # 3

1.Which of the above types of published works would be considered primary sources?
1. would say that the Empirical Research articles are considered to be primary resources.

2.The author is Tripathi and the article title is “Land of the blessed.” What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format

I think it is a Book Review.

Tripathi, S. (2008). Land of the blessed. New Statesmen, 137 (4880), 55-56.

3.The author is Carpenter and it was published in “Prevention” in 2008. What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.
It seems like this type is mostly Commentary because she seems to write a lot about her own experiences.

4.The author is Boehm and it was published in “Journal of Career Assessment.” What type of article is it? What is the main conclusion of the article? Cite it in correct APA format.
It seems like this type is mostly Commentary because she seems to write a lot
about her own experiences.

Carpenter, S. (2008). Is your parent over-medicated? Prevention, 60(12), 142-151.

5.The author is Farmer and it is published in “Foreign Affairs.” What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.
I believe it is a Commentary/Response article.

Farmer, P. (2007). From "marvelous momentum" to health care for all.Foreign Affairs, 86(2), 155-159.

6. The authors are Levin, Reysen & Ganz and the article title is “The kindness of strangers revisited.” What type is it? Cite it in correct APA format.

It is an Empirical Research article.

Levine, R. V., Reysen, S., & Ganz, E. (2008). The kindness of strangers revisited: a comparison of 24 US cities. Social Indicators Research, 85(3),461-481.

Homework #3

First :

1. Caramel NOT Nuts = Caramel
2. Caramal or Chocolate = Caramel, Kit Kat, Twix, Caramel kisses, Snickers.
3. (Chocolate AND Caramel) NOT Cookie = Snickers, Caramel kisses.
4. Chocolate OR Nuts = Kit Kat, Snickers, Caramel Kisses, Twix
5. Cookie AND Chocolate = Twix, Kit Kat
6. Chocolate NOT Caramel = Kit Kat
7. Nuts OR Caramel = Caramel, Twix, Caramel kisses, Snickers

Second :

How many hits did you get? 352
Who is the author of the first work on your results list? Cohen, Benjamin B
What type of work is this? EBook

Third :

How many results did you get? 47
Find the result authored by Kharem, Haroon.
What's the title of this work? A curriculum of repression : a pedagogy of racial history in the United States
What is the Call Number?LC2741 .K53 2006
Where in the library would you go to get this book? (hint--check the library floor plans by following the Maps link at the very bottom of the library home page)
DA-L, N-PQ Book Stacks
Use the information in the record for this work to create an APA citation. Refer the APA Citation Guidelines handout from week 2 for help.
Kharem, H. (2006). A curriculum of repression: A pedagogy of racial history in the United States. New York: P. Lang.

Fourth :

What is the title of the most recent work (top of the list)
Endangered Species.
Where in the library would you find this?
Reference Stacks5.
Now start over and run a search for a video about global warming (search and sort by date). What is the most recently produced video in the library?
An inconvenient truth
What is this video's call number?DVD 572Where in the library would you go to get this?
Media / reserves

Topic Development and Research Questions

Exercise—Topic Development and Research Questions

Post your responses to your blog.


Part I. Good Question/Bad Question

Read the following and decide whether or not you think each is a good research question. Briefly explain your answer. If you think a question is weak, explain how you would make it stronger.

Ø What happened in the Darfur region of Western Sudan this past year?
Bad. How was the situation in the Darfur region of Western Sudan within this past year
Ø Did news coverage of the poor conditions at the U.S. Military’s Walter Reed Medical Center result in improved care of the veterans housed there?
Good
Ø Did Germany invade Poland during the Second World War?
Bad question. Because the answer for it should be yes or no
How did Germany invade Poland?

Ø Does the media cause eating disorders in women?
Bad question. Because the answer for it should be yes or no
Describe the causes of the eating disorders in women. Clarify if the media is part of these causes.

Ø Is there evidence that vocational training programs in California prisons impact recidivism (re-offense) rates?
Bad question. Clarify if there is an evidence that vocational programs in California prisons impact recidivism (re-offence) rates.

Part II: Answer the following questions.

1. When you’re developing a research topic, you should be able to talk for one minute about that topic. Explain why, and how you’d prepare yourself.
If I would develop a research topic, I would definitely be able to talk about it for one minute since I would have a lot of information about it during the research period. I would narrow my focus to the main idea about the research and give the listeners a brief description about it and about the sections I would write and make the research about.


2. Describe some ways you can narrow the focus of a research topic.

This could be done in many ways depending on the subject of the research itself. I would first define the boundaries of the stakeholders that are affected by the topic. I, then, would choose specifically those stakeholders and give a gradual description of each one and how would one affect the chosen others.


Thanks,

Ibrahim.

homework # 1 alharthi ibrahim

Part 1:

1-Not plagiarized

2-Not plagiarized

3-Not plagiarized

Part 2:

4- Burkill, S., & Abbey, C. (2004). Avoiding Plagiarism. Journal of geography in higher education. 28(3), 439-446. Retrieved January 13,2008, from Academic Search Premier database.

Article

5- Taylor, J. B. (2006). My stroke of insight: A brain scientist's personal journey. New York: Viking.

Book

6- Harris, W. (n.d.). How natural-gas vehicles work. Retrieved , March 27, 2009 from hhtp://auto.howstuffworks.com /ngv.htm

Webpage

7-Stroud, B. (2007). Writing about African Americans, their communities, and their quilts. In M.B. Sampson, P.E. Linder, F. Falk-Ross, M. Foote, & S. Szabo (Eds.), Multiple Literacies in the 21st Century (pp. 51-54). Logan, UT: College Reading Association.

Book (Chapter)

Part 3

8- Global warming is the increase in the Earth’s temperature as the result of greenhouse gases trapped in the atmosphere. Because of global warming, the average temperature of the Earth could rise as much as 8 degrees, causing sea levels to rise up to 23 inches over this century (Zakaria, 2007). I believe that we all have a responsibility to help prevent global warming. A recent report suggests that just by using more efficient appliances, we can have a significant impact on carbon emissions that affect global warming (Zakaria, 2007).

9. It’s no secret that the American population is getting fatter, in spite of our cultural obsession with fitness. Public health officials have expressed concern that the obesity “epidemic” is striking Americans of all ages, from very young children to older adults, and are looking to community groups to conduct outreach with at-risk groups (Turner, 2007, pg 27). Through such efforts we can only hope for a healthier future.

10- cancer is certainly a terrible disease, and researchers are hard at work attempting to find treatments and cures. However, it can be difficult for patients to figure out what is a legitimate treatment and what is the modern-day equivalent of snake oil, and it can be a source of stress to already burdened patients figuring out what is real medicine. Lowering the levels of copper in the body, eating a specialized organic, vegetarian, macrobiotic diet, and an Irish light therapy are just the kinds (Altshul, 2003, pg 60).

11.

Professors might require a works cited page on their content that they use for imformation during a term paper. A works cited page shows who authored points of view, backgrounds, and motivations. Doing this also grants the student an opportunity in learning a lesson in critical thinking and also how to critique the quality of Web sites.

12.

Different theories have arrived about why brain cells are destroyed in the course of an illness. A form of diabetes named Alzheimer's is one of those theories that many scientist's believe to a major cause. Scientist's have been searching the cause of this disease for more then a century.

13.

According to co-author Kim Strassel, of the book, According to Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws, due to the way modern women live, private pensions do not contemplate the influx of women into the workforce. The main quote supporting this is "Because women live longer than men, they are more likely to suffer the defects of our retirement systems."

( Alharthi, 2009)