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USING THE REFERENCE CENTER FOR ENGLISH 151 ASSIGNMENTS
Library Research Guide: Points of View Reference
Center
Dr.Amy Berry Fall 2011
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
A to Z List of Databases
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 Simultaneously searches the Ebsco databases.. * Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO) Full text database that provides a series of essays that offer multiple sides of a current issue --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using the Points of View Reference Center * Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO) Full text database that provides a series of essays that offer multiple sides of a current issue
Go to the Library Portal Page
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
Click on the link. Enter your barcode and password
Be careful to enter the data correctly.
Tip: Put the barcode in a Word document and copy/paste into the login page
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This is the BASIC SEARCH PAGE
Basic Search Search
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Find:
Enter a Search Term or Browse Topics
Research Guides
United States Curriculum Standards Create an essay outline Cite sources Special Interest Groups Charts/Graphs for Topics See all research guides...
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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.
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Find Capital Punishment and the Death Penalty under the CRIME AND PUNISHMENT TAB
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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
Find Capital Punishment and the Death Penalty under the CRIME AND PUNISHMENT TAB
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The CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Topic Page Appears
When you click on CRIME AND PUNISHMENT tab, this window appears
Crime & 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
Click on Capital Punishment
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A Result List Appears with Four Entries
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...
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Result List
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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 Read the Overview first.It is an excellent introduction to the issue.
Entry 1: Overview of the Issue
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Second Entry in the Results List: Point--Arguments Opposing the Death Penalty
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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 argumentsthat 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 guideto analyzing major positions and argumentsRelated to the topic issue, in this casecapital 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 ---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 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 CreditYou 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 mediumWhen you copy the exact words or a "unique phrase" from somewhereWhen you use information gained through interviewing another personWhen you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts, and pictures
• When you use ideas that others have given you in conversations or over emailDr.Amy Berry Fall 2011
Be Careful. CHECK YOUR WORK
Mark everything that is someone else’s words with a big Q (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 Dr.Amy Berry Fall 2011
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
• Keep the person’s name near the quote in your notes, and in your paper
• 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
• Mention the person’s name either at the beginning of the quote, in the middle, or at the end
• 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 sourcesYou think it is information that your readers will already knowYou think a person could easily find the information with general reference sources
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