2010 Drakeapedia Class Readings and Resources

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Course Syllabus: File:FYS022.syllabus.2010.pdf (updated 8/24)

Required Text:
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Badke, W. B. (2008). Research strategies: Finding your way through the information fog. New York: iUniverse, Inc.


Recommended Stylebook

APA Style Manual (6th ed.) Information about manuals and helpful online assistant at [[1]]

Additional Readings:

About Wikis: Article for 8/31 class - File:Internet Encyclopaedias go head to head.pdf

About Information Overload:

Digital Overload: Your Brain on Gadgets (NPR)

About Writing Biographies:

File:Biographical Sketch.pdf, Chapter 18 of Webster's New World Student Writing Handbook

About Writing for the Web:

How Users Read on the Web by Jakob Nielsen

Writing Style for Print vs. Web by Jakob Nielsen

Web Writing for Many Interest Levels by Nathan Wallace

Additional Items about Wikis:

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