Philogic Blog blogentry 120104 2
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Again let us take as an exemple, the pages of a survival guide M. Wheeler gives to his students:
- (1) When you begin doing research, it is easy to become a glutton at the library. Rather than greedily hoarding the books, articles, and other treasures at the library, be prepared to share and cooperate with other students. Find out which students are working on similar subjects. Then, pool your xerox copies and any materials from the library together in one collection. Pass along tips about good sources via the e-mail discussion list if your class has one.
- (2) Again, be wary of on-line research. Because any monkey with HTML training can instantly throw up a website, research on the net is a perilous wasteland. Analyze your websites carefully, perhaps perusing one of the following guidelines before you begin:
- Education Research Guidelines
- Robert Harris's Research Guidelines
- (3) Print out copies of webpages that you cite. Because electronic resources are ephemeral, the material you quote might vanish in a few days when the webmaster grows bored with that page. Proving that you did find the material on the web (or to prove that you aren't plagiarizing your source) is impossible unless you keep a hardcopy.
Notice again how the first advice is introduced by simple fact description. Then only comes the advice.
