Summary: We learned more about and formatting Modern Language Association (MLA) Works Cited. Then, collaboratively, we made sure you know more about the steps of the research process, the key terms of academic writing, narrowing down a research topic, finding reliable and solid research material, and taking useful notes. We also carefully considered and followed the activities of Alex Essay Writing Tool, steps 7 – 8 to focus on your close reading.

Outline of our Research Process:

1. Basic Information -Wide reading
2. Causes -Wide reading
3. Further Examples or Case Studies – Close reading
4. Effects -Close reading
5. Solutions -Close reading

Documents:

Quick Guide to Citing in MLA 9th Edition

MLA 9th Quick Guide

“If you steal from one author it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many it’s research.”

Wilson Mizner

Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 07: Close reading

Alex Essay Writing Tool Step 08: Give your material order

MLA Note Taking Sample:

Wong, Yu, Hussey Freeland, Deborah M., and Kari C. Nadeau. “Food Allergy: Immune 

Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Immunotherapy”, Nature Reviews Immunology 16,

31 October, 2016, pp. 751–765. https://www.nature.com/articles/nri.2016.111

Homework due by 4PM on 12/20/2023 by taking photos of your notes and insert all the photos in your Google Document under the titles Research Article #6 and others if you are behind uploaded in your shared Google document.

Instructions for Homework Content:

1. Researching and taking notes on solutions to your issue: Please, research the SAME research issue using one Internet, book, newspaper, or journal articles about solutions or findings to improve the situation. Then take two pages of notes using the keywords on the pages. Remember to write the author’s name(s), the date, and page or paragraph numbers if you use direct quotations with the URL in the doc. Try to summarize your work.

Could you upload photos of your notes in your shared Google Document under Research Article #6 in your shared file so I can edit your MLA Works Cited?

MLA Quick Guide

Student-Sample-MLA-Paper

How to Find an Issue to Research

Free Database Engines for research on your MLA Paper: 

Carrot 2 Carrot helps you find topics related to your search term. After entering the term you enter and then click on ‘search,’ you can choose to see the results as a list, treemap, or pie chart that helps you visualize your issue and narrow your search at the same time.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): DOAJ is a community-designed and maintained online journal directory that provides you access to robust, open access, peer-reviewed journals. This search engine is independent, and it is free including being indexed in DOAJ. Please use this engine for topical issues and authors, and you might find research that provides evidential content for your academic essay. DOAJ is an educational outreach search engine that focuses on high-quality applications and submissions.

Google Scholar: Google scholar helps you do a broad or narrow search of articles. It also helps you cite your “references” for APA and “work cited” for MLA!

CORE Research Engine UK: This research search engine claims to be the largest open-access research database in the world giving free access.

This website is very informative and easy to understand, where you might find research on your issue from Professor Andy Barfield:
Global Issues Resources –Specifically in relation to Chuo University Faculty of Law English courses, this website has been designed by Andy Barfield and his research team for supporting student research from 2014 in the Basic Research and Writing (English ‘C’)  and Introduction to Communication and Research (Listening and Speaking ‘P’ Level). More generally, his team hopes that this website is useful for students and other people in Japan (and in other countries) to develop our knowledge and critical understanding of different global issues. Thank you, Andy!

Yippy gives you lists of related issues to the left. For example, if you search for ‘poverty’, then Yippy can also find information on poverty + children, poverty + hunger, poverty law, extreme poverty, and other related issues.

Zenbird Media: Topics & Issues: Do you often think about researching issues related to your local community, or Japan in general, but find the data in the Japanese language. Then, Zenbird Media is for you! They make a beautiful website for professors, so we can focus on giving students feedback rather than building websites.

2. An option to do Write & Improve practice essay:

 Please follow the instructions as best you can following one of the five essays you chose to write this quarter. You can write again and again following the guidance to improve your score. All essays are due on 01/31/2024.