For Ice Assignment read the example on first page and answer the second page.

For 2 and 3 read power point and answer 2HW and 3HW.

The ICE Assignment

Read the EXAMPLE and do the assignment on next page.

Instructions: Below (nest page) is a paragraph about self-efficacy that you will use to complete this practice assignment. Please read the paragraph several times, and then use it to complete the ICE, step by step. Once you have completed each step of the ICE, you will combine each step together to form a completed ICE. Please use the ICE Method Example to guide you through each step.

EXAMPLE:

I: Introduction

The first time a source is used it must be introduced in your paper.

An “introduction” can be simple, but it must always have three parts:

1. The author’s name

2. The full name of the source (either in italics or quotation marks)

3. A brief explanation of what the source is about

John Barton, in his book, Writing in College, explains how students can integrate the works of scholars into their own writing.

C:

Cite(MLA)

Next is the citation. It also has three parts:

1. Signal Phrase (Who is saying it and how; subject + verb)

2. The direct quotation or paraphrase

3. The parenthetical citation

He states, “the ICE method is an excellent method for students to use because it is easy to remember” (Barton 5).

E:

Explanation

Finally, after the citation comes the explanation.

The explanation is usually between 1-3 sentences long.

Putting it Together

John Barton, in his book, Writing in College, explains how students can integrate the works of scholars into their own writing. He states, “the ICE method is an excellent method for students to use because it is easy to remember” (Barton 5). With repeated practice of the ICE method, students will never forget the meaning of the “ICE” acronym. As a result, the ICE method can continue to aid students, not only in their composition courses, but throughout their college and professional careers.

Assignment:

Self-efficacy, also known as perceived ability, refers to the belief people have in their abilities for success in given tasks. Individuals who possess a high degree of self-efficacy are more likely to accept challenging tasks as compared to inefficacious individuals, who usually avoid challenging tasks. For their failure, highly efficacious individuals attribute the outcome to a lack of effort or an adverse environment. For their success, they credit their achievement to their abilities.

Introduce: Please write a simple introduction for the source.

(The author’s name is Kerosta Bai, the name of the article is “Self-efficacy and hope as predictors of mental health.”)

I:

Cite: Please write a citation using a direct quote of the underlined sentence in the paragraph above. Be sure to use a signal phrase at the beginning, and a parenthetical citation at the end. (The paragraph is found on page 631.)

C:

Explain: Please provide a brief explanation for the quote you just used in the citation.

E:

Putting it together: Now, please combine, in the order of I,C, and E, each step into the completed ICE.

Completed ICE:

Research: Finding Scholarly Websites

Databases vs. Websites

Databases are not websites.

Databases are found on the library website

Examples of databases:

Academic Search Complete

EbscoHost

JSTOR

The Nitty Gritty

Which websites are

NO

T allowed?

No blogs

No online encyclopedias

No online dictionaries

No how to sites (i.e., ehow)

No personal home pages

Websites You Can Use

Reputable news websites (i.e., CNN, MSNBC, New York Times, etc.)

*Note: Most news websites tend to very biased, so the best information to get from them is news. Try to ignore or leave out anything opinion based.

A corporation’s website (i.e., McDonald’s, MLB, NFL, etc.)

Other cites must be verified scholarly by asking certain important questions…

Questions to Ask Yourself to See if a Website is a Credible Scholarly Source

Is it recent?

Does it have an author?

Is the information presented in a logical order?

Is the company/corporation legit?

Does the site look professional?

Is the author biased? (Is the author selling something?)

Is the author an expert?

Is there a list of references?

You do not have to answer “yes” to all of these, but watch out for the “no” answers.

Domain Names

Can these types of cites be trusted?

.edu education sites

YES

.gov government sites YES

.org organization sites Ask the questions

.com commercial sites Ask the questions

.net network infrastructures Ask the questions

Let’s Practice!!

Are the following sites credible?

www.wikipedia.com

www.chicagosuntimes.com

www.911hoax.com

www.about.com

www.tuskegee.edu

www.museumofaviation.org

www.ask.com

NO
YES
NO
NO
YES
YES
NO

Verifying Websites Activity

Find Your Topic: George Washington

Assignment: Search for a scholarly website, or a website that appears to be scholarly, on the subject you’ve been assigned (from above), and answer the following questions in detailed, complete sentences (do not simply answer yes or no):

What is the URL of your website?

When was the website last updated?

Is the website biased?

Does it give a measured, thoughtful presentation of the facts about the subject? Is the website well organized?

Who created/sponsors the website?

Is the layout of the website visually appealing and professional?

Are there misspellings, grammatical errors, or erroneous/inaccurate information?

Finally, can this website be verified as an appropriate scholarly source? Why or why not?

*Note: Any Website Verification Assignments turned in without detailed, complete sentences will not receive full credit.

Boolean Searching Assignment

1. If I were interested in researching professional baseball, but not minor league, what would be my search?

___________________________________________________________________________

2. How would I truncate the subject feminism?

________________________________________________

3. If I wanted a broad search about movies, what would my search possibly be? (Be sure to

include synonyms.)

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

4. If I wanted articles on racism in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, what would my search be? (Don’t forget synonyms and truncations!)

___________________________________ Author

___________________________________ Title

_______________________________________________________________________ Subject

5. Truncate the following subjects:

cat _____________________________ education _____________________________

sexually _________________________ catastrophe ____________________________

Boolean

AND

– Narrows; use “and” between your keywords that express different concepts. “And” tells the computer you only want to see records with both keywords.

Ex.  flower* AND rose* AND thornless*

OR

 – Broadens; when two or more words describe your topic equally well (synonyms), connect them with “or.”  This tells the computer you want to expand your search by having it find records with any of your keywords in them.

Ex.  cat* OR feline*

NOT

 – Excludes; The example below will result in articles that contain the term cat, but not the term pet. However, it will also exclude potentially useful articles on cats with just a passing mention of them as pets, so be cautious when using “not.”

Ex. cat* NOT pet*

Boolean practice

Which truncation would I use in the following situations:

Choices: AND NOT OR

If I were writing a paper on naming of baseball stadiums, but I don’t care whether it is Major League or Minor.

If I were writing a paper on fast food advertisements from three specific companies.

If I were writing a paper exclusively on mudslinging in political ads, but I don’t want to focus on the last election.

OR
AND
NOT

Truncation

The * form of truncation allows other forms of your keyword by cutting the end of the word off and adding the asterisk * (Shift-8) to the end. It will then retrieve every word that starts with that beginning.

Hero* = Hero, Heroes, Heroic, Heroism, etc.

Be sure to not truncate too early in the word.

Exam* = Exam, Exams, Example, Examples, Examination, Examinations…..

Truncation ALWAYS comes at the end of a word.

Truncation practice

What are two possible results I could receive with the truncation educat*?

Is mov* a good truncation if you were writing a paper on movies? Why/Why not?

What would you use to find evaluate, evaluation, evaluates?

educate, education, educational, educator, etc.

No, because words like “move, moving, movement, etc.” would be included as well.

evaluat*

Wildcard

The ‘?’ wildcard can be used in the middle of a word to take the place of one character.

Wom?n = Woman, Women

If you were missing more than one character, you can add in multiple ‘?’ wildcards.

G??l = Goal, Gill, etc.

Wildcard

Another reason wildcards should be used for differences of spelling in other countries, in particularly, the difference in British vs American English spelling.

Ex. American = color British = colour

wildcard = colo?r

Wildcard practice

What are two possible variants I could receive with the wildcard p?ll?

What would you use to find both the American and British spellings of behavior/behaviour?

pill, pull, etc.

behavio?r

Search terms

Search terms are important; however, they aren’t just your thesis statement.

For example, you couldn’t just type in your thesis statement and find sources.

You need to pick out which terms are the most important in your thesis and search for those.

Let’s say our thesis is this:

More attention should be paid to the food and beverage choices available to elementary school children.

Our main search terms would be FOOD, BEVERAGE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, and CHILDREN.

Synonyms

Sometimes, we don’t get the search results we need from just those search terms though. Sometimes, we need to use synonyms.

Remember, our thesis is this:

More attention should be paid to the food and beverage choices available to elementary school children.

Here, we could use the synonym KIDS for CHILDREN or DRINKS for BEVERAGE.

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

Once you pick your topic, then find your search terms and synonyms, then you can add in the truncation, Boolean, and wildcard.

Here’s our example thesis again:

More attention should be paid to the food and beverage choices available to elementary school children.

SEARCH TERMS: Our search terms would be what’s in red.

SYNONYMS: We could also search for drinks and kids.

TRUNCATION: We could truncate child* to search for child or children and beverage* to search for both beverage and beverages.

WILDCARD: There isn’t a good place for the wildcard here.

BOOLEAN: We could search for food AND drink