Below are online tutorials that might help you in the Research Process.
You can also ask for help with the Learning Lab in person at any ACC campus or online! Most Learning Lab tutors are also ACC professors so they are well versed in assignment requirements and ACC expectations.
Your professor is fine with you using good web resources. Examples of good web resources would include reputable news sites, federal/state agencies and their reports, thinktanks and non-partisan groups like The League of Women Voters.
Unsure of what constitutes a good web resource? Check out the Finding Good Sources tab to complete a tutorial and/or learn about the CRAAP test.
Here are some potential discussion topics:
Remember: you are giving your opinion but need to support it with your textbook and two additional scholarly sources.
How do you find scholarly sources? Check out the box below or the tab "Finding Articles".
Keywords are the most important words in your research question. For example, if your research question is "should all United States citizens be allowed to vote by mail?" your keywords are:
United States citizens AND voting by mail
Including the AND combines both the concepts of United States citizens and voting by mail.
You could also try citizens AND vote AND mail for different results. citizens AND voting will likely give you too many results, depending on the database you are using. Additionally, you could also add United States AND citizens AND vote AND mail.
I've provided links to some recommended databases below. You will need your ACC eID and password to access them.