State of the Project Presentations: In Class 3/25 and 3/27

Assignment: Give a presentation of 4-6 minutes where you share the progress of your research project so far. Please address the following: 

1. What is your topic? What led you to choose this? 

2. What is your narrowed research question? How did this evolve during the first few units of the course?

3. Where have you been doing your searching and what types of information sources have you been using?

4. Do you have any particular search tips that have worked for you? (ex. keyword synonyms, narrowing, subject terms, different databases, etc.)

5. What has been challenging about your research so far?

6. Have you found enough information to take a specific stance on your research question? (Remember that research questions are approachable from at least two sides--in other words, someone could take another view. If so, what is your stance? If not, what do you still need to do to answer your research question?

You by no means have to be done with your research by the time of this presentation, but you should have some promising sources of at least 3 different types (ex. books, journal articles, credible websites, etc.) 

Presentation Days: 3/25 and 3/27. Order will be determined by a signup sheet in class on Monday, 3/11. 

You will also be responding to your classmates' presentations and giving them feedback both in class and on your blog (full details to be distributed next week).

Total: 50 points