ENGL 101 English Composition 1 (Theme: Career and Industry)

A collection of resources for assignments commonly seen in ENGL&101 with a focus on Career & Industry

Don't settle for the first thing you find on the Web!

Effective Web Searching

Improve your search results with site-specific searching: 

Limit to:

  • Government websites: site:.gov
  • Educational institutions (but watch out for student work!) site:.edu
  • Non-profit organizations (and some businesses) site:.org
  • Specific industries and many news sources are commercial enterprises. site:.com

Evaluating Sources with ASPECT

Evaluate your Sources

Make sure the sources you use are of good enough quality for your research.  

  • If you use poor quality sources, your research paper or presentation could contain errors, overly-biased information or out-of-date facts 
  • Using credible sources makes you a more credible source
  • Knowing how to evaluate sources applies to the "real world," not just academics. For instance, we need to be able to find accurate medical information, be informed about the issues we vote on during election time, present reliable information to coworkers in a meeting...etc.

Why websites?

browser search bar with http://www. in it

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The web is a great resource for:
  • Government information
  • International sources
  • Up-to-the-minute and local news
  • Local resources
  • Organizations involved in an issue
  • Statistics
  • Opinion
  • Images and video
  • and much more

Image Source: "Internet1" by Rock1997 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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