COM 220 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2
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Discussion Questions
•DQ 1 Due Day 2 [Main forum]
•Post your response to the following: Where do you normally find information for
topics that interest you? How do you know when sources are reliable? Explain your
answers.
•DQ 2 Due Day 4 [Main forum]
•Post your response to the following: Review the following Internet and University
Library sources. Determine which sources are reliable and which are not. Explain
your answers.
Blog: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=1622
Wiki site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment#Public_opinion
Web site: http://www1bpt.bridgeport.edu/~darmri/capital.html
Week Two Electronic Reserve Reading University Library article at
http://www.apollolibrary.com/Library/ERR/goerr.aspx?frmCourse=1598&frmWeek
=2, located on the student Web site.
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COM 220 Week 2 Checkpoint Gathering and Evaluating Information
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CheckPoint: Gathering and Evaluating Information
•Due Day 5 [Individual forum]
•Resources: Finding, Evaluating, and Utilizing Credible Information; Bias, Rhetorical
Devices, and Argumentation; the University Library Interactive Tutorial; the Center for
Writing Excellence; and Appendix D
•Complete the University Library tutorial:
Log on to your student Web site.
Click on the Library tab.
Click on University Library.
Under Library Services, click View the Research Tutorial.
Click Complete the University Library Interactive Tutorial.
Follow the prompts to complete the tutorial.
•Consider the steps you should follow to complete a general search for reliable
sources.
•Follow those steps to locate five to eight sources for your research paper. At least
three...