For the research paper you will choose your own topic (see “research paper requirements” lecture notes).  
This week’s assignment will help you to understand how to locate data that you will incorporate into your research paper. 
Before you begin to gather data for your research paper it is very important to identify a thesis statement or research question to develop keywords, so that you can effectively and quickly locate data. 
You will use these keywords AND Boolean operators to search for data via the Monroe College Library and the Internet.

 View this video for assistance on selecting the right keywords so that you will work smarter, not harder! (link below) 

Visit this website to learn how Boolean operators work.  (link below)
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/conducting_research/searching_online/searching_with_a_search_engine.html 

A good research paper uses a variety of sources and students will need at least three scholarly journal articles for the research paper and four Internet sources. 

View this video In order to get a better understanding of what makes an article scholarly. (link below)

Read Chapter 11 Krause textbook: http://www.stevendkrause.com/tprw/chapter11.html

ASSIGNMENT: This week please develop and write the research question OR thesis statement that you plan to use for your research paper, then identify the keywords AND the Boolean operators to use in your search parameters via the library databases and the Internet. Assignment should contain your thesis statement OR research question and the keywords.
For example, if your thesis statement is: Funding for prison education programs should be restored to reduce recidivism, then your keywords should be: Prison AND education AND recidivism. 
These keywords will limit your results from the library or Internet search to articles/website that only contain these words.

Click on the links to view the tutorials for locating data:

Boolean Search w/ Google