English 1120 Spring 2009 Littleton Wohrley

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[edit] Sustainability

Andrew Wohrley (wohrlaj@auburn.edu)




[edit] Class III

What is a scholarly journal?

Scholarly journals tend to have:

Professors writing the articles.

Citations to research literature.

Tables and graphs displaying the data used in the paper.

What is a trade journal?

Trade journals tend to have:

Focus on one industry or profession.

Current news articles.

Filled with advertisements from companies in the industry

What is a Popular Magazine?

Popular magazines tend to have:

Current news.

Advertisements.

Photographs.

Think of these categories as a continuum and not separate categories! Some popular magazines cover science, but would never be considered scholarly.

JSTOR

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[edit] Assignment II.

[edit] Compare and Contrast Two Arguments

Databases


GreenFILE


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OR

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ABI/Inform


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Engineering Village


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What is Sustainable Development?

Please read the first page of this linked article, and then Table 1 on page 14.

With this information you can now identify keywords for sustainability. Please fill in the form below with the information you have learned.


Research Strategies

Spring 2009


My topic is:__________________________________________________________


The main concepts of my topic are:


Other issues related to my topic are: 1.________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2.________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3.________________________________________________________________________________________________


Synonyms for my topic and related issues are:



Sources for articles:

CQ Researcher


Opposing Viewpoints

Lexis-Nexis

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