No.

Date

Activities

Readings/Assignments

1

9/17

Introduction; Register for EngSite
Lecture: The Research Paper in the Information Age
Video: Study Skills: Library Skills for the Information Age

Summarize video

2

9/24

Lecture: Getting started: Discovering Your Topic and Starting to Search
Lecture: From Research Questions to Research Plans
How much do you know? The Internet Quiz

3

10/1

Lecture: Finding Sources
E-mail, Newsgroups, Forums and Listserv as Search Tools;
Bloom Logic; Google Scholar

Activity: Boolean Search; UseNet

Group: Chap. 1 & 2

4

10/8

Lecture: ?Field Research & Interviewing Expert Sources

Activity: Using Chinese databases & English databases

Group: Chap. 3 & 4

5

10/15

Using RefWorks (Advanced)

6

10/22

Let us Search! –
Physical search in the library Search Activity

7

10/29

(Doris may be away for a conference)
No in-class activity:
Choose and attend one workshop offered by the Library according to your own needs

Report and reflection of what you learned from the workshop

8

11/5

Other systems:
Library of Congress; e-scholarship;
遠距圖書服務系統; Digital Dissertation databases;

Group: Chap. 5 & 6

9

11/12

Midterm week
Lecture: Evaluating Sources

Activity: Evaluate site purposes

Group: Chap. 7 & 8

10

11/19

Outlining; Note-taking skills

Video: Aids to Memory : Note-Taking Skills
Video: Putting Ideas in Orders : Outlining Skills

Group: Chap. 9
Video activities

11

11/26

Lecture: Organizing Sources and Notes: Preparing to Write

Read chap.10;
Group: Chap. 12 & 13

12

12/3

Lecture: Documenting Sources: MLA and APA style in thesis documentation in practice

13

12/10

Lecture: Turning Your Research into a Written Report

14

12/17

Individual Conferences

15

12/24

Lecture: Writing for the Web

Read chapter 18

16

12/31

presentation

Peer evaluation

17

1/7

presentation

Peer evaluation

18

1/14

Final exam week
presentation

Peer evaluation

Final research paper due