Police and prison
Before going to use a library database, answer the following:
- What is your general topic for paper?
- What is the specific problem you plan to address in paper?
- Who are the people or organizations involved/affected?
- List search terms:
- List synonyms for search terms:
- What limiters can you use to limit search? Date? Location? Other specific details?
Use library databases to find TWO peer-reviewed/academic articles:
1st Peer Reviewed Journal Article
- Title:
- Author:
- Date Published:
- First published in:
- Important keywords (write down terms that the author uses more than once or twice):
- When and where did the events covered in this article take place?
- What is the basic thesis of this article?
2nd Peer Reviewed Journal Article
- Title:
- Author:
- Date Published:
- First published in:
- Important keywords (write down terms that the author uses more than once or twice):
- When and where did the events covered in this article take place?
- What is the basic thesis of this article?
After conducting research via peer-reviewed academic sources, use Proquest or other news database to find news articles published since 2010 that relate to your topic:
1st News Article Since 2010
- Title:
- Author:
- Date Published:
- First published in:
- Important keywords (write down terms that the speaker uses more than once or twice):
- When and where did the events covered in this article take place?
- What events are continuing to develop? What still must be determined?
2nd News Article Since 2010
- Title:
- Author:
- Date Published:
- First published in:
- Important keywords (write down terms that the speaker uses more than once or twice):
- When and where did the events covered in this article take place?
- What events are continuing to develop? What still must be determined?
Research Proposal
After finding and scanning at least two peer-reviewed academic journal articles
and two news articles, answer the following. Type these answers and
submit hard-copy as your Research Proposal.
- My topic for this research paper will be:
- Specifically, I want to learn about:
- This topic interests me because:
- Some words, terms, names, companies, etc. that I recognize are:
- Some words, terms, names, companies, etc. that I need to define or research further are:
- This issue that I am researching is a problem because:
- The groups/individuals involved in this problem are:
- 1st group:
- What does 1st group want?
- Why?
- Other groups:
- What do other groups want?
- Why?
- The main obstacle to resolving this issue is:
- My three biggest remaining questions are:
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- My preliminary thesis for this research paper is: