Researching Skills

Library Unit 1: Paper 1 Explanatory Synthesis

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You are required to find 2 peer-reviewed articles that discuss your 21st-centuiry protest movement and to use the movement’s official website. If there is no official website, you must find a third peer- reviewed article.

Click on this link to our 1302 LIbGuide and make sure you are on the “Paper 1: Explanatory Synthesis” tab to learn about finding peer- reviewed articles and the official website for your 21st-century protest movement. You will also find the ebook to Sophie Scholl and the White Rose as well as ways to do APA citations and how to use databases.

Our course librarian is Bridget Dew and her email contact is available on the link to answer all your research questions.

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Journal 2: Reading peer-reviewed articles and websites

1. Write down the article title, author, journal title, and date of publication.

2. Find an area in the article where the writer writes something like: This paper discusses… and paraphrase the thesis.

Answer the following questions about each of your peer-reviewed articles by clicking on the Journal 2 link above and clicking on “Create Journal Entry.”

For each peer-reviewed article write the following:

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3. Read the last section of the article (it might be called Discussion or Conclusions). What is something new that you learned about the 21st-century protest movement that you did not know before?

4. Compare the 21st-century protest movement to the White Rose. What is similar? What is different?

1. Who founded the protest movement? 2. When was it formed? 3. Why was it formed? 4. How does the protest work? 5. Where does it take place? 6. What has been the public response to the protest (on social

media, politicians, etc.)?

1. Click on 1302 LibGuides and then click on the APA Citations tab for videos about citing sources and setting up a paper in APA7.

2. Watch this video that explains how to use mybib.com to create a Reference page.

3. Create your Reference page to Paper 1 on a Word Doc. 4. Click on the Journal 2 ink above then click on “Create Journal

Entry.” 5. Click “Browse My Computer,” locate the file containing your

Reference page for Paper 1, and attach it to Journal 2.

For your website (if you have one) or from your peer-reviewed articles answer the following:

Create the Reference page in APA 7 on a Word Doc and attach it to Journal 2.

Peer-reviewed Article Example

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