Week 4 MUSE (9/20/05 & 9/22) 

9/23 update

  1. Tu (9/20) =  MUSE Workshop What is Plagiarism on 9/20/05, Pacific Room in the Union, noon - 1
  2. Th 
    1. Discuss Tuesday's workshop
    2. Generating and developing research ideas (the quest continues)
      1. Reading is key to developing good topic. -- Reading is a habit. Reading requires patience.We are reading the text at the rate of 20 pp. per day. I wrote up a schedule for my reading. We should be finishing Chapter VI. this Saturday! The key is to do a little each day. Fitting reading into your schedule can be a challenge. Consider a routine place and time for reading (e.g., before bed, on the bus). Make reading a habit. Read a page here and there. (Yes, it's OK to take the book to the bath room.) Slow and steady wins the [scholarly] race. 
      2. Note taking, for me, is essential. Without note taking, it is just "in one eye, and out the other." (What use is that?) Notes do not have to be detailed  -- "show and tell" margins in the book.
      3. Follow-up ideas with research. When you notice a theme (thesis) that catches your fancy, follow-up will be necessary. Here are some notes on sources you may use for follow-up.
        1. Internet -- anyone can put anything on the internet, so you will have to do a good job assessing the credibility of everything you see on the web
          1. In general, .gov  and .edu sites will be best [ .com sites may have alternative motives]
          2. Look for citations and referencing. Scholarly references site sources. 
          3. Other hints on how to judge the credibility of information on the web can be found in an article by Harris (1997).
        2. Books  and [peer reviewed] journal articles tend to be better in quality than the net. Do we need a session on library use?  
        3. Quick walking tour of library -- bottom floor to view what a journal looks like; top floor to see what the stacks and SJ looks like. ;-)
    3. Test prep (exam on 10/6)
      1. Topics
        1. Citing  and referencing sources
        2. Intro to pathology 
        3. Selected items fro your readings
      2. Review sheet will be provided next week and will be discussed at the study session 
      3. There will be a study session on 10/1 from 10:30 to 1:30 -- tentative location is the Peer Mentor Center.
  3. HW - Keep reading as planned (20 pages per day) until you get to p. 269