ENGL 1001 - Foundations in Rhetoric (Fall 2023): Developing research questions

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VIDEO: Research as Inquiry

This video was developed by W. Frank Steely Library librarians at Northern Kentucky University as part of their online course on the Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education.

DIRECT LINK: https://youtu.be/-HUbOlaTeoU

VIDEO: Developing a Research Question

This video was developed by W. Frank Steely Library librarians at Northern Kentucky University as part of an elementary English course like English 1001 on campus.

DIRECT LINK: https://youtu.be/QauomrFcrXk

VIDEO: Background Research

This video was developed by W. Frank Steely Library librarians at Northern Kentucky University as part of an elementary English course like English 1001 on campus.

DIRECT LINK: https://youtu.be/0gXGMJAXSU4

ACTIVITY: Academic Library Research 101

This tutorial provides a brief screencast of how to search Academic Search Complete, why one should use library databases instead of Google Scholar or Wikipedia for scholarly research, and if added to a Learning Management System (LMS), allows students to practice searching for an article related to their research topic.

DIRECT LINK: https://marquetterml.github.io/information-literacy-modules/academic_research_introduction/index.html

ACTIVITY: Narrowing a Research Topic

In this scenario based activity, students are asked to help 3 of their classmates narrow down their topics. By moving a series of sliders, students aim to develop a research question that is interesting, yet narrow enough to find scholarly sources.