Research Journal Instructions
Purpose:
Research
Journals are where you’ll present your secondary research for different
portions of the Report. This assignment
also enables you to share your insights and research with your teammates and to
ensure that each team member is collecting different sources so there is no
overlap.
Assignment Details: For each source, you will provide Chicago Manual Style citations, detailed
notes, and broader takeaways focused on how you’ll use these sources for
the report.
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You should take
detailed notes on each source so that you don’t have to come back to them
later.
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These notes will serve
as the basis for writing the Recommendation Report and help to communicate
your perspectives and knowledge to your teammates.
Format:
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Create an individual Google doc on your team’s page on Canvas for the Research Journal.
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Find the specific type
and number of sources identified in the instructions for individual
Research Journals. (Search for the
best sources, not just the first sources you find.)
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For each journal entry
and for each source, follow these steps:
1.
Provide
a Chicago Manual Style (CMS) bibliography-style citation for each source. Citations should
not be numbered, should be placed above the notes for each source,
and should be in the Works Cited/Bibliography format (Last
name, first name. “Title.” Publication information, date.), indenting
all lines after the first one. (This way you can easily copy and paste
these into your team’s final Bibliography. You can also use footnotes,
which we’ll use for the report, but please provide the bibliography style
citation above the notes.
o For help with Chicago Manual Style citations, please visit the Purdue
Online Writing Center’s sites:
§ Web sources: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/web_sources.html
§ Journal articles: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/periodicals.html
§ Interviews and personal communication: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/interviews_personal_communication.html
2.
Provide
detailed notes on each
source. You should extract everything useful from the source so
that you don’t have to return to it. It’s fine to copy and paste
directly from the source, but make sure to put any copied material in
quotations so you can properly cite it in the report and avoid plagiarism.
3.
Provide
bigger-picture takeaways on how your team might use this material when writing
the report. The goal is for
these journals to build the foundation for the written material in the
report–both the information you need about the organization, as well as
support for the recommendations your team presents.
Research Journal Requirements and Due Dates:
Research Journal 2:
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Due Monday
9/18 by 8:00 am
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Find at
least 2 sources about your organization and/or on the focus of the team’s
project. This can include the organization’s website, social media
outlets, articles about the organization or key stakeholders, as well as
sources that help you understand the task your team is focused on (how to
market this type of organization, how to complete a competition analysis, how
to retain this type of employees, etc..).
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The
more focused your research is, the better the outcome will be. Don’t
just go for the first sources you find; use the best sources you find!