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9781319107987

LaunchPad Solo for Research and Reference (1-Term Access)

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    9781319107987

  • ISBN10:

    1319107982

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2017-11-17
  • Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Summary

Six month access to LaunchPad Solo for Research and Reference provides the resources for more effective practice through research and composition activities.

Table of Contents

Reading Critically and Actively


Using Sources


Annotating a Bibliography


Incorporating Sources in Context


Designing Documents: Digital Writing Tutorials


Documenting Sources


Summary and Paraphrase


LearningCurve: Reading


LearningCurve: Structure


LearningCurve: Parts of Speech


LearningCurve: Subject-Verb Agreement


LearningCurve: Punctuation


Avoiding Plagiarism


Model Student Writing


Writer to Writer Videos


Grammar Girl Podcasts


Active Reading Strategies


Reading Visuals: Audience


Reading Visuals: Purpose


Using Sources


Digital Research


Print Research


Field Research


Annotating a Bibliography


Activity One: Malcolm Gladwell


Activity Two: Henry Petroski


Activity Three: Alissa Quart


Activity Four: Christian Rudder


Activity Five: Stephen Jay Gould


Incorporating Sources in Context


Activity One: Student Alexis Alvarez


Activity Two: Student Elizabeth Leontiev


Activity Three: Student Cori Schmidtbauer


Activity Four: Student Brandon Tate


Designing Documents


Photo Editing Basics with GIMP


Audio Recording and Editing with Audacity


Creating Presentations with PowerPoint and Prezi


Cross-Platform Word Processing with CloudOn, Quip, and More


Tracking Sources with Evernote and Zotero


Building Your Professional Brand with LinkedIn, Twitter, and More


Documenting Sources


Do I Need to Cite That?


How to Cite an Article in MLA Style


How to Cite a Book in MLA Style


How to Cite a Database in MLA Style


How to Cite a Website in MLA Style


How to Cite a Database in APA Style


How to Cite a Website in APA Style


LearningCurve for MLA


LearningCurve for APA


Citation Builder


MLA


APA


Chicago


CSE


LearningCurve Grammar Exercises


Avoiding Plagiarism Activities


Activity One: Susanne Freidberg


Activity Two: Thomas L. Friedman


Activity Three: Maryanne Wolf


Activity Four: Maxwell Mehlman


Activity Five: Michael Pollan


Model Student Writing


Alexis Alvarez, Girls, Sports, and Steroids [informative]
Nicholas Brothers, The Costs of Outsourcing War [argumentative]


Elizabeth Leontiev, Coca Is Not the Enemy [argumentative]


Cori Schmidtbauer, Portia’s Power [analytic literary]


Brandon Tate, Air, Water, Fracking [website]


Josh Woelfle, Promising Advancements in Modern Cancer Treatment


[informative]


Genre Design Gallery


Writer to Writer Videos


Help! How Can I Write a Paper Under Pressure?


Is It Okay to Use Wikipedia As a Source?


Is There Automated Help for Formatting Citations?


Can I Use the Same Document for Assignments in More Than One Class?


When Should You Use Which Personal Pronoun?


Is It Okay to Use Contractions?

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