LP3 Assignment: How To Search For And Find Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed Articles
LP3 Assignment: Instructional Guide
This assignment will assess the following competency: 3. Develop instructional writing skills.
Directions: For this assignment, you will submit a cover memo and an original set of instructions introducing the instructions to your readers. The cover memo should be the first page, followed by the instructions.
Write a set of instructions for one task that you are familiar with for an audience who is not familiar with your topic. The instructions must be 1-2 pages. Topics may include but are not limited to:
• How to avoid plagiarism
• How to proofread your written work
• How to give a peer review
• How to search for and find scholarly, peer-reviewed articles
Key concepts to include:
• Instructions should be clear and concise.
• Instructions should be organized in a “user-friendly” manner.
• Instructions should include definitions or clarifications for advanced terminology.
• Instructions should include warnings/cautions.
• Instructions should include pictures/diagrams to help clarify instructions (use if needed; not required).
Along with the instructions, submit a cover memo addressed to your instructor discussing the following questions:
• What is the purpose of your instructions?
• Who is your intended audience?
• How did you organize the instructions (step by step, bullet list, narrative format, etc.) and why did you choose that format?
• What were the warnings/cautions you needed to include?
Instructional Guide
Your Name
Your Institution of Affiliation
September 18, 2017
How to search for and find scholarly, peer-reviewed articles
Steps in searching and finding Scholarly, Peer-reviewed articles
1 Try to write down a draft of your research idea in a concise manner encompassing all of the details that you want to cover
2 Go to Scholar.google.com and input your idea, in order to get a general sense of the previous concepts, terminologies, and ideas related to your topic
3 Try to narrow down and make the draft that you made into a more coherent and specific questions/statement. Make sure that in the statement the proper jargon or term used in the specific field is in use
4 After doing a general search and/or overview of the topic, go to academic databases such as Jstor, Ebscohost, or ProQuest and login
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