Link to Library Research Tutorials

www.bsu.edu/libraries/tilt

Complete all 3 modules, print quiz results and bring to me during our session at the library.

MLA format

If you are having trouble remembering how to do the MLA heading, visit the Purdue OWL here.

Week 4 blog question

What are academic sources? Why do so many instructors insist that you only use academic sources in your work? What are examples of places where you could use non-academic sources? What do you consider non-academic sources?

Week 3 blog question

Hopefully at this point in class you have figured out where you are going to do your fieldwork at. So, where have you picked to do your research? If you were to stop someone walking down the street and ask them what they think of your site, what would they say? Who belongs to this subculture?

MBTI

Link to MBTI.
Post your 4 letter type to your blog.

Local Newspapers

The Star Press

Ball State Daily news

The Indianapolis Star

Site Visits

You should have a minimum of 10 contact hours at your site. You could visit your site 10 times for an hour or 20 times for a half an hour... as long as it adds up to 10 hours. Now you can have more than 10 hours, but at least 10. In addition to visiting, you need to have 10 fieldnote entries or reflections (that will be placed in your research portfolio).

Fieldsites

Some things to consider as you are picking your site:
1. Should be a safe location
2. Should be legal
3. Should be unfamiliar to you
4. Should be connected to the university in some way
5. Should be a place you can regularly visit
6. Participants should be 18 and older
7. Should have a meeting time that works with your schedule
8. Members should recognize themselves as a group (subculture)
9 Should be interesting to you.

Week 2 Blog question

What type of factors are you considering as your start to explore possible cultures to focus on this semester? Is any one factor more important than the others? Are you looking to learn something specific or are you open to learn whatever you can?

Class Blogs

If you do not see your name in the Class Blogs list, I do not have your blog link. Email that to me (nicaswell@bsu.edu).

Looks like we are getting back to winter weather. . .

Welcome to English 104!

Hello Class and welcome to English 104. I am excited to start this semester and I hope you are as well. This blog site will be used in conjunction with our course website (http://nicaswell.iweb.bsu.edu). The purpose of your blog is to have a location where you can post your ideas throughout the semester -- a work in progress for your final paper. When it comes time to write your final paper, you should be able to work some of your posts into your drafts. Each week I will post a question. You are responsible for responding to that question and responding to two classmates' posts. You will also post some inclass work and homework to your blog site, that way when you are putting together your research portfolio you will know where things are. With all of that said, let's get started!