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Research Entries: Each research entry should include the following things

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Research Entries:

Each research entry should include the following things. You may combine all of these things into 1-2 paragraphs or you may list them out with the numbers below, as long as you are writing in full sentences. 

1. Include a full citation, which should be in the citation style appropriate for your discipline (See FAQ for more details) 

2. Write a brief (3-4 sentence) summary in which you state the genre of the source (scholarly article, trade article, grey literature), detail the author’s purpose for writing, the argument or conclusion of their research, and the elements of the source that you found most important and relevant to your research. Include quotes or paraphrases of specific sections that you want to keep from this source. 

3. Write a brief (3-4 sentence) evaluation of the source’s credibility. If you do any research on the author/publication, which you should, make sure that you cite that information by providing a parenthetical citation or hyperlink. This thorough evaluation should consider at least two different elements from the IF I APPLY framework, and it should be clear from your narrative that you thought critically about which elements to evaluate for each source entry.  

4. A detailed description of what this source adds to the conversation about your topic and how this source connects with at least one other source in your final assignment. (Note: This should not simply be a statement of “this source agrees with source X because they both make the same argument.” Consider specific connections relating to methods, findings, references, etc.)