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Assignment | Argument with Research (P. Khalaf): Getting Started

ENGL 1302 | Prof. Paula Khalaf (Fall 2024)

Assignments

ENGL 1302 (Composition and Rhetoric II) focuses primarily on argument, persuasion, and research. Bring everything you learned in ENGL 1301 and let's continue!

The specific assignment instructions are in D2L. Use this library guide to find credible and relevant information from the LSC databases - see Topic Development and Finding Sources.  As an information consumer, read and share the information to support statements in your writing. As you use the information, give credit to your sources through MLA citations. Check the MLA Format tab for correct in-text and Works Cited citation formats. 

Important: Ask your librarian questions to confirm appropriate source selections and MLA formats (Before you make your final assignment submissions). 

Access to Library Collections

This guide presents a variety of information sources, both openly accessible from the web (and selected for authority and credibility) as well as articles in the Research Databases that are limited to Lone Star College users.

Access Research Databases using your LSC username and password.    collage of database logos

                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

Why PowerNotes?

The latest research tool for LSC-UP students is PowerNotes. Assignments often require students to learn more, to search for, evaluate and select information. The next step is gaining new knowledge through reading what you find. And then...

PowerNotes unifies the steps of reading, gathering, saving, annotating, outlining, tracking and citing research into a single, efficient workflow that feeds directly into the writing process.

Create your account. Install an extension for your browser (see the video for instruction).

Set-up PowerNotes Account [Video]

When you are inside an information source, open up PowerNotes and the turn on the PN extension.

  • Create the ENGL 1302 project.
  • Highlight sections from articles, webpages or eBooks, highlight sections of information you want to use.
  • The extension will capture information, location, and citation.
  • Add your notes or comments as you go.

From source to source your captures and notes are on the platform. Ready, set, go!

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