EDU 440 EDU440 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT RESOURCE EXPLORATION - ASHFORD
Ashford EDU 440 Week 1 Assignment Resource Exploration
Due by Day 7. Resource Exploration. This assignment serves as preparation for final research paper. Write a three- to four- page paper answering the following questions and finding reference sources to use in the research for your final paper.
Assignment Instructions:
Think about your current working situation or civic activities. Think of a situation within your current job or civic activity that would require information on a subject that you know very little about. Imagine that you will have to teach this information to your co-workers or to others in your group. This is the beginning of the research paper that you will develop within the next five weeks. We will be working with this information and this topic for the next five weeks, so consider a topic that will be useful to your work or civic activities.
Think about your current working situation or civic activities. Think of a situation within your current job or civic activity that would require information on a subject that you know very little about. Imagine that you will have to teach this information to your co-workers or to others in your group. This is the beginning of the research paper that you will develop within the next five weeks. We will be working with this information and this topic for the next five weeks, so consider a topic that will be useful to your work or civic activities.
Go into the Ashford University Library. Use the databases and any sources within our library to research information about your chosen topic. You may also use the web, but most of your primary reference sources should be from the library databases.
Within this paper, fill in the charts located in Chapter Two, Activity #1 and Activity #4 of the book 100% Information Literacy Success (Which can be found in Week One of your online course). Once the charts are completed, analyze the resources you listed for their type, their accessibility and their description and provide a summary of the process. At the end of your three- to four- page paper, have a Reference page using APA style formatting that includes the textbook, the Ashford library databases, and any websites you discussed within your paper. You may use Bibme to format your references.
Step 1: Think about your current working situation. Think of a situation within your current job or civic activity that would require information on a subject that you know very little about. Imagine that you will have to teach this information to your co-workers or to others in your group.
*Note: This will be your research paper for the next five weeks.
Step 2: Review your library resources, consult with the reference librarian at your local library or Ashford library and search the Internet to complete the Resource Tables for your field of study.
Step 3: Summarize your findings by answering the following questions:
• § What are possible focused questions you could develop to guide your research process?
• § What specific primary information sources might be available for your field of study? (Use Ashford
Library databases). List as many examples as you can.
• § What specific secondary information sources are available for your field of study? (Use Ashford Library
databases or web resources). List as many examples as you can.
• § What are potential issues with using any of these secondary information sources for your field of study?
Step 4: Write a Works Cited page using APA style of formatting. The Works Cited will be the last page of this Resource Exploration. Use an online bibliography maker. View this short video to learn how to use one online bibliography maker called Bibme.
