2010 Drakeapedia Class Readings and Resources

Course Syllabus: File:FYS022.syllabus.2010.updated 9.3.10.pdf File:FYS022.syllabus.2010.updated 10.21.10.pdf

Required Text:

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]]

Also, see Appendix 1.6.2 of your textbook for links to crib sheets with APA formatting examples. (Hint: page 205)

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Drake History-Related Resources:

File:In_Celebration_of_a_Century.pdf

Drake Heritage Collections (website)

Times-Delphic Index

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

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Oral History Resources

How to Guide for Doing Oral Histories

StoryCorps (website)

Oral History Association (website)

File:interview release form.pdf

File:interview information form.pdf

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Additional Readings About Information Overload:

• Digital Overload: Your Brain on Gadgets (NPR)

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Additional Readings About Writing Biographies:

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

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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

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File:Online scavenger hunt.doc File:searching & citation.doc

Additional Items about Wikis:

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