ENG 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Thesis Statement

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1100
• Professor: Elaine Bailey

Document Summary

Characteristics: finite: focus should be on a specific topic or aspect, clear: concepts and relationships are easy to understand. Formulate a question based on your focus. Construct a search string : search string tips. Quotations will find words together (i. e. climate change ) An asterix finds different endings to the word (i. e. canad* to retrieve canada, canadians, canadian, etc. : choosing key words. Try at least one unique keyword that captures the main idea (others can be more generic) Don"t be tempted to use cause / effect / role / research / Trends / drawbacks / disadvantages etc: identify the type of resource you need. Articles describe one aspect in detail: picking the right database. Determine the type of information source that you will need (articles, books, news source, etc. ) Research journals that contain articles, which have been reviewed for submission by an editorial committee.