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DMN 905 A Research Module Assignment #1                 Name:

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1. I have read Research Strategies, Preface, Chapter One, Chapter 2, and Appendix A.1-A.4.  ____ yes   ____ no

2. View the presentation, "What is Scholarship?" - https://prezi.com/sq7xqbxurr9p/what-is-scholarship/, and answer the following questions arising out of the presentation (note that there is audio in this presentation, so turn up your sound):

a. Explain what is meant by the statement, "Authority depends on context."

b. Why is it important to understand the process by which information was created?

c. What are four "dimensions of value" given to information?

d. In considering Research as Inquiry, what is true research and what is not?

e. What is meant by "Scholarship is a Conversation?"

f. In what ways is searching "Strategic?"

 

Part Two

Chosen topic:

Part Three

Wikipedia - Article title:

Other reference source - Name of reference source + article title:
   

Working knowledge summary (200-300 words):









 

Part Five

3 or 4 possible research questions:

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2.

3.

4.
 

 Part Six

Chosen research question:

 

Part Seven

Potential outline based on research question:

 

I have read Research Strategies, Chapter Three, Chapter Four, Chapter Five: section 5.1, and Chapter Six.  ____ yes   ____ no.

1. My research question is:
   
   
    

   
   
2. Keyword Title search for relevant books
   
   1. Search terms used (put each search combination on a separate line)
   
   
   
   
   
   
    2. List of ten books relevant to first research question (author, title, place of publication, publisher and date, in Turabian Notes (=Turabian Bibliography or Chicago) or APA format. Asterisks (*) next to the most relevant titles.
   
   
   
   

Part Three 

Subject Heading search for relevant books.

1. Search terms used (put each search combination on a separate line)






 2. List of ten books relevant to first research question (author, title, place of publication, publisher and date, in Turabian Notes (=Turabian Bibliography or Chicago) or APA format. Asterisks (*) next to the most relevant titles.

Part Four

Comment on which search (subject heading or keyword title) was most profitable, and on how much overlap there was in results found by each search (i.e. how many results were the same):

I have read Research Strategies, Chapter Five: sections 5.2-5.9, and :reviewed Chapters 3 and 4.  ____ yes   ____ no.

A. My research question is:

   

B. First Journal Database search

    1. Database used (use exact name of database, not just EBSCO or ProQuest):

    2. Does this database make use of subject headings? _____ yes      _____ no

    3. Search terminology used (indicate what words you used to search with, and in what combinations, each search listed on a separate line):

                                                                                                                                                           

    4. Ten relevant articles (Turabian Notes or APA format - REQUIRED):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Second Journal Database search

    1. Database used (use exact name of database, not just EBSCO or ProQuest):

    2. Does this database make use of subject headings? _____ yes      _____ no

    3. Search terminology used (indicate what words you used to search with, and in what combinations, each search listed on a separate line):

                                                                                                                                                           

    4. Ten relevant articles (Turabian Notes or APA format - REQUIRED):

 

 

 

 

I have read Research Strategies,Chapter Six, Chapter Seven and Chapter Eight, and http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm (Evaluating Internet Research Sources - The CARS Checklist).  .

____ yes   ____ no.
 

The following sites all relate to the Kingdom of God.  Do the evaluations indicated:

1. http://lifehopeandtruth.com/prophecy/kingdom-of-god/what-is-the-kingdom-of-god/

For this site, I am less interested in the content than who is behind the content (a significant factor in evaluating what is being said). Find out about the author (note that names can be links), the organization behind him, and some of the organization's fundamental beliefs about the Trinity.

a. Who is the author? What do you know about him?

b. What is the name of the organization with which the author is associated?

c. Is a problem with that organization's doctrine of the Trinity? If so, what is it?

d. On the basis of the author's education (if you can discover what it is) and affiliation, would you recommend this web article to others? Why or why not? 

2. http://www.kingwatch.co.nz/Kingdom_of_God.htm

I am interested here in the qualifications of the author (look for information about the author on the above site):

a. What subject matter did he study for his master's degree?

b. What are you told about the kind of theological education he received?

c. To what extent would you call his work "scholarly?" Give a reason for your answer. 

3. http://biblicalstudies.org.uk/article_kingdom.html

This article was written by a friend of mine who is quite brilliant. It has extensive endnotes.

a. What does the author say about the suitability of the article for research purposes?

b. If the content looks good, should a graduate student use it in a research paper even if its author doubts that it is suitable?

c. Looking at the issue another way, is scholarship determined by the quality a reader sees in a work or by the recognition that the work would receive from other scholars? 

 

Part Three

A. My research question is:

   

B. Google Scholar search

    1. Search terminology used (indicate what words you used to search with, and in what combinations, putting each search on a separate line):
 

     2. Ten relevant articles [not books] (Turabian Notes or APA format - REQUIRED): 

 

 

 

 

     3. I have indicated above which are available full text through Google Scholar, which through TWU and which through neither.

___________ yes  ______________ no

 

DMN 905 A Research Module Assignment #5                 

Name:

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Part One

I have read the balance of the textbook :    ____ yes   ____ no.
 

Part Two

A. Final Research Question:

 

B. Final Expanded Outline

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Final Bibliography (minimally 15 books and 8 periodical articles (Turabian Notes or APA format - REQUIRED):