Q OVERVIEW For this second part of the Unit 2 assignment, you will be: • conducting research, • narrowing down sources, • evaluating these sources, • reading them in full, and • writing about them. Your end goal with this part of the Beyond the Text assignment is to select two current, credible, and substantive sources--each on a different topic relevant to your primary text. You might want to have three options in case one doesn't work out for some reason; you'll already have a replacement ready. HELPFUL RESOURCES • On Conducting Research: o Video: Choosing keywords (Links to an external site.) o Video: Comparing Google and Google Scholar Search Results (Links to an external site.) o Slideshow: Filtering Search Results o Video: Overview of Library Research and the Library (Online) Catalog o Videos: Finding and How to Read Scholarly Articles o Link to the MLA citation style guide (Links to an external site.) • On Evaluating Sources (to help with the CRAAP Test): o Evaluating Bibliographic Citations (Links to an external site.) o Evaluating Digital Sources (Links to an external site.) PART A: CRAAP Tests Directions: Having selected two (or three) sources, you will now need to evaluate your sources via the CRAAP Test. 1. Take a look at this sample completed CRAAP Test. 2. Then, fill out at least two CRAAP Test Worksheets--one for each of your sources. You will be assigning a point value to each category. It is in your best interest to answer honestly. I will NOT be reviewing the specifics of your CRAAP Tests unless deemed necessary. Use your judgment in completing this worksheet, following the guidance for evaluating sources provided in the resources above. If you find one or more of your sources doesn't adequately pass this test, spend more time researching and re-do the CRAAP Test on the new source/s you find. (Better to weed out not-so-great sources now rather than after you spend more time with them!) PART B: Annotated Bibliography Directions: 1. Once you have settled on two sources that have passed the CRAAP Test without question, you should reread each source (or read in full now). This will be necessary to complete the annotated bibliography. An annotated bibliography is a standard bibliography (a list of references) each accompanied by an annotation, or paragraph. 2. Write an (Links to an external site.)MLA-formatted Bibliography (Links to an external site.) for your two researched sources (this is where you write a full citation for each source--like a typical bibliography). NOTE: a journal article accessed via the library’s database is cited differently in a bibliography than an article from a website or a book chapter, etc. Consult the Purdue OWL (Links to an external site.)and follow the steps for writing a correct citation for each of your two sources depending on what kind of source they are. 3. Then, underneath each source's citation, write an annotation in your own words (this is not a time for quoting) that answers all of the following questions (2-3 sentences per category): Summarize: What is the main argument or purpose? What is the context of this text (what issue, debate, or question is it engaging in or responding to--directly or indirectly)? What are the key supporting points? Assess: What made you choose this source? What is its connection to your primary text? Is its subject explored explicitly or implicitly in your primary text? Briefly, how? Reflect: How will this source be helpful to you in your understanding of how your primary text speaks to some larger social, cultural, or political issue that goes "beyond the text"? How does the perspective or argument in this source relate to your own thinking on the subject? What new/different ideas has it helped generate for you? WHAT TO SUBMIT TO THIS ASSIGNMENT Either separately or combined into one file: 1. Completed CRAAP Test on one of your researched sources 2. Completed CRAAP Test on another of your researched sources 3. Complete Annotated Bibliography (Optionally, a completed CRAAP Test on a third possible source) PreviousNext