Brief Review of Academic/Professional

Brief Review of Academic/Professional Literature in Your Field PART ONE: TABLE OF CONTENTS (TOCs) Obtain a Table of Contents from a recent issue of three DIFFERENT academic or professional journals in your field (three TOCs total). Go to the CSUS library homepage http://library(dot)csus(dot)edu/ At the top of the grey search box, click “Journal Titles” and type in a key word for your major (such as business, social work, nursing, or engineering). On the next page, browse journals, clicking “find it” until you find three that will let you look at the full issue (or table of contents for the issue) online. I can help you with this in class. Look for a link for “Free E-Journals” as those are the easiest to save and read. List the three journals you have chosen by title, year, volume, and issue number and ATTACH THE THREE TOCS HERE. ------------------------------------------------------ PART TWO: QUESTIONS FOR ANALYSIS Now analyze each of the three Table of Contents for both genre and topic, answering the questions below with formal, complete sentences. Journal #1: 1. What is the title of your journal? 2. What is the publishing organization (if given)? 3. Based on the above two answers, who is the intended audience? (Be as specific as possible.) 4. What genres of articles are included (original research, review of others' research, proposal for research, informative article, argumentative article, news article, book review, and so forth)? 5. What kinds of topics are included? 6. What else did you observe? Journal #2: 7. What is the title of your journal? 8. What is the publishing organization (if given)? 9. Based on the above two answers, who is the intended audience? (Be as specific as possible.) 10. What genres of articles are included (original research, review of others' research, proposal for research, informative article, argumentative article, news article, book review, and so forth)? 11. What kinds of topics are included? 12. What else did you observe? Journal #3: 13. What is the title of your journal? 14. What is the publishing organization (if given)? 15. Based on the above two answers, who is the intended audience? (Be as specific as possible.) 16. What genres of articles are included (original research, review of others' research, proposal for research, informative article, argumentative article, news article, book review, and so forth)? 17. What kinds of topics are included? 18. What else did you observe? Post your answers here (which WILL be visible to other students). --------------------------------------- PART THREE: ESSAY Write an essay focusing on the strongest similarities and/or differences between these three TOCs. - The introduction should name your field, the journal titles, and explain that you comparing and contrasting a table of contents from one issue of each journal. Your thesis should list the areas of similarity and differences. For example, “These Tables of Contents (TOCs) are similar in audience and genres, but different in topics covered.” - You may use sub-headings to help organize your paper if you choose to, but this is not required. - Be sure to compare/contrast the three TOCs in all three areas– audience, genres, and topics – but some sections may be longer than others depending on how many similarities and differences there are. Focus on what you find to be most significant. - Each body paragraph should be about the same length, and no body paragraph should be longer than a page. - Avoid summarizing the content of the articles, except to discuss topics. Focus on the questions in Part II instead. Include specific examples from the texts ONLY as needed in answering the questions. - This paper should not include personal experience unless you would like to refer to what you already know about these topics in your field. - Your conclusion should reiterate what you found most significant, but shouldn't repeat your points word for word. You may make a personal connection here if you choose, focusing on what you learned from this assignment about writing in your field and how this might help you in the future. - Word choice and sentence structure should be formal and academic. - Include a complete citation for all three Tables of Contents (journal name, volume, issue number, and date) in an appropriate style manual of your choice (see Lunsford and links in SacCT Class Files). - Include a word count at the end. Suggested word count: 500 words. - Title the beginning of each assignment with  your name,  your instructor's name (Linville)  the date that draft was written  the name of the assignment as it appears on the assignment sheet Post your draft here for a peer review. -------------------------