Prof. Hengel - English 101 - Fall 2019: Home

Welcome! This research guide was created for students in Professor Hengel's Writing and Research class.

You have been assigned a research project that requires locating sources about a topic of your choice for your:

• Proposal
• Annotated Bibliography
• Research Paper

This guide is a customized resource for this particular course and assignment. If you have any questions or trouble, feel free to contact your librarian in person, via email or through the library's virtual services.

1.) Pick a topic and propose a thesis to create your research question. Ask yourself:

• What do you already know about this topic?
   
• What do you wish to discover?
   
• Significance: Why is this topic important enough to study? (So what?, Who cares?)
   

2.) Locate an introductory, "Starter Source". We are going to look at a few suggested starter sources:  

• A Film Documentary Source
   
• A Times Topic landing Page
   
• A Controversial Issues Topic Page