Transcript Library Research Guide: Points of View Reference Center

Library Research Guide: Points
of View Reference Center
USING THE REFERENCE CENTER FOR
ENGLISH 151 ASSIGNMENTS
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About the Points of View Reference Center
 The Points of View Reference Center is a handy, one-
stop resource that will help to jump-start your
research on a debatable issue topic.
 The format is very simple. Each topic has four
related articles: an overview that provides an
excellent introduction to the issue, a point article
that addresses one position on the issue, a
counterpoint article that addresses the opposing
position, and a guide to critical analysis of the topic
with source material and explanations,
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Go to the Library Page
 Select Articles, A –Z List of Databases
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Go to the A –Z List of Databases
 Go To the A –Z List of Databases on the University
Library Portal Page and Select the POINTS OF VIEW
REFERENCE CENTER link
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 Choose Points of View Reference Center
Go to the Library Portal Page
A to Z List of Databases
A to Z List of Databases
This is a sample of suggested resources for
the debatable issues essays: Explain a
Concept, Present Opposing Positions, and
the Researched Position Paper
A-D E-G H-M N-Z
*Academic Search Premier
Scholarly, peer-reviewed publications in many areas of academic study including humanities, education, computer
sciences, ethnic studies, and social sciences.
*eBooks
Provides access to the library’s eContent collection which is a digital version of books the Library subscribes to.
*EBSCO database selection menu
Click on the link. Enter your barcode and
Simultaneously searches the Ebsco databases..
password
* Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)
Be careful to enter the data correctly.
Full text database that provides a series of essays that offer multiple sides of a current issue
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tip: Put the barcode in a Word document
Using the Points of View Reference Center
and copy/paste into the login page
* Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO)
Full text database that provides a series of essays that offer multiple sides of a current issue
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This is the BASIC SEARCH PAGE
Basic Search
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Find:
Enter a Search Term or Browse Topics
Research Guides
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United States Curriculum Standards
Create an essay outline
Cite sources
Special Interest Groups
Charts/Graphs for Topics
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In the Spotlight
Unemployment Crisis
In 2009 President Obama enacted a jobs bill worth $789 billion which was intended to keep the unemployment
rate below 8%. In 2010, with the unemployment rate well over 9%, he passed the HIRE Act, which added
billions more in stimulus funds. However, the most recent employment numbers show that the U.S. has not
added any new jobs, maintaining the current unemployment rate of 9.1%. Is government stimulus a failed
policy? Or is more necessary?
Click here.
Browse by Category
Abortion Issues
AIDS / HIV
Animal Welfare
Arts & Culture
Censorship
Citizens' Rights
Civics & Government
Crime & Punishment
Earth & Environment
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View All Topics
Foreign Policy
People & Society
Global Issues
Race & Culture
Government Funding
Religion
Health & Medicine
Schools & Education
Human Rights
Sex Education
Immigration
Sports
Internet
Substance Abuse
Labor & Economics
Taxes
Media & Communications Voting & Elections
Find Capital Punishment and the
Death Penalty under the CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT TAB
Locate the List of Topics and Select ‘Capital
Punishment’
Unemployment Crisis
In 2009 President Obama enacted a jobs bill worth $789 billion which was intended to keep the unemployment
rate below 8%. In 2010, with the unemployment rate well over 9%, he passed the HIRE Act, which added
billions more in stimulus funds. However, the most recent employment numbers show that the U.S. has not
added any new jobs, maintaining the current unemployment rate of 9.1%. Is government stimulus a failed
policy? Or is more necessary?
Click here.
Browse by Category
View All Topics
Abortion Issues
Foreign Policy
People & Society
AIDS / HIV
Global Issues
Race & Culture
Animal Welfare
Government Funding
Religion
Arts & Culture
Health & Medicine
Schools & Education
Censorship
Human Rights
Sex Education
Citizens' Rights
Immigration
Sports
Civics & Government Internet
Substance Abuse
Crime & Punishment Labor & Economics
Taxes
Earth & Environment Media & Communications Voting & Elections
Energy & Conservation Medicine & Ethics
War & Peace
Evolution
National Debate Topics Women's Issues
Family Issues
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Find Capital Punishment and the
Death Penalty under the CRIME AND
PUNISHMENT TAB
The CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Topic Page
Appears
When you click on CRIME AND PUNISHMENT tab, this window appears
Crime & Punishment
Click on Capital Punishment
Capital Punishment
Forensic Genetics
Rights of Captured Terrorists
Corporal Punishment
Gangs
Rights of Convicted Felons
Death Penalty
Genetic Fingerprinting Sentencing for Juvenile Offenders
Discipline of Children
Gun Control
Sex Offender Laws
DNA Profiling
Juvenile Offenders
Tasers
Domestic Violence
Parole System
Violence in Schools
Drug Policy
Pedophilia, Penalties for Voting Rights for Felons
Excessive Use of Police Force Pornography Laws
Wrongful Convictions & DNA
Firearms
Prisoner Rights
This Window Appears. Read the Overview, Point—Arguments against Capital Punishment, Counterpoint—
Arguments for Capital Punishment, and the research guide, Death Penalty: Guide to Critical Analysis
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A Result List Appears with Four Entries
Entry 1: Overview of the Issue
All the topics in the Reference Center have these four articles: Overview, Point, Counterpoint, and Guide to
Critical Analysis
Results: 1-4 of 4forCapital Punishment AND Full Text AND Automati...
About Your Search
Result List
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1. Add
Death Penalty: An Overview. By: Issitt, Micha L.; Newton, Heather. Points of View: Death Penalty,
2011, p1-1, 1p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1280
HTML Full Text
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Read the Overview first.
It is an excellent introduction to
the issue.
Second Entry in the Results List: Point-Arguments Opposing the Death Penalty
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2. Add
Point: Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished. By: Ballaro, Beverly; Cushman, C. Ames. Points of
View: Death Penalty, 2011, p2-2, 1p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1580
HTML Full Text
This article presents arguments
that oppose the death penalty
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Third Entry: Counterpoint--Arguments
Supporting the Death Penalty
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Counterpoint: The Death Penalty is Necessary. By: Bowman, Jeffrey; DiLascio, Tracey M.. Points of
View: Death Penalty, 2011, p3-3, 1p; Reading Level (Lexile): 1110
HTML Full Text
This article presents arguments that support
the death penalty
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Fourth Entry: A Guide to Critical Analysis of the
Topic
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Death Penalty: Guide to Critical Analysis. Points of View: Death Penalty, 2011, p4-4, 1p; Reading
Level (Lexile): 1050
HTML Full Text
This article provides resources and a guide
to analyzing major positions and arguments
Related to the topic issue, in this case
capital punishment.
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Enjoy Your Research!
 Spend time browsing the topics and associated
resources at the Points of View center. Choose your
topic carefully
 The topic should engage your intellectual curiosity,
but you should not be so committed to the issue that
your emotions will cloud your judgment
 Remember, college writers cultivate objectivity and
critical analysis, and your professors require you to
write with commitment, but not with emotionalism
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Avoiding Plagiarism—Give Credit where
Credit is Due
 Information from Purdue University OWL
 Show you have done your research
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---But--- Write something new and original
Appeal to experts and authorities
---But--- Improve upon, or disagree with experts and authorities
Improve your English by mimicking what you hear and read
---But--- Use your own words, your own voice
Give credit where credit is due
---But--- Make your own significant contribution
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 Since teachers and administrators may not distinguish between deliberate and
accidental plagiarism, the heart of avoiding plagiarism is to make sure you give
credit where it is due. This may be credit for something somebody said, wrote,
emailed, drew, or implied.
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When to Give Credit
You will Need to Document
 When you are using or referring to somebody
else’s words or ideas from a magazine, book,
newspaper, song, TV program, movie, Web page,
computer program, letter, advertisement, or any
other medium
 When you copy the exact words or a "unique phrase"
from somewhere
 When you use information gained through
interviewing another person
 When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts,
and
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Be Careful. CHECK YOUR WORK
 Mark everything that is someone else’s words with a big Q
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(for quote) or with big quotation marks
Indicate in your notes which ideas are taken from sources (S)
and which are your own insights (ME)
Record all of the relevant documentation information in your
notes
Proofread and check with your notes (or photocopies of
sources) to make sure that anything taken from your notes is
acknowledged in some combination of the ways listed below:
In-text citation
Footnotes
Bibliography
Quotation marks
Indirect quotations
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When Paraphrasing and Summarizing
 When paraphrasing and summarizing
 Check your version with the original for content,
accuracy, and mistakenly borrowed phrases
 Begin your summary with a statement giving credit
to the source: According to Jonathan Kozol, ...
 Put any unique words or phrases that you cannot
change, or do not want to change, in quotation
marks: ... "savage inequalities" exist throughout our
educational system (Kozol).
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When quoting directly
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Keep the person’s name near the quote in your
notes, and in your paper
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Select those direct quotes that make the most
impact in your paper -- too many direct quotes may
lessen your credibility and interfere with your style
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Mention the person’s name either at the
beginning of the quote, in the middle, or at the end
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Put quotation marks around the text that you are
quoting
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When Quoting Directly
 Indicate added phrases in brackets ([ ]) and omitted
text with ellipses (. . .)
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Indirect Quotes
 Keep the person’s name near the text in your notes,
and in your paper
 Rewrite the key ideas using different words and
sentence structures than the original text
 Mention the person’s name either at the beginning of
the information, or in the middle, or at that end
 Double check to make sure that your words and
sentence structures are different than the original
text
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Judging what is Common Knowledge
Material is probably common knowledge if . . .
 You find the same information undocumented in
at least three other sources
 You think it is information that your readers
will already know
 You think a person could easily find the information
with general reference sources
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