My research assignment became problematic due to my weakness of correctly citing my work. I think the time that I spent in the WRGT 101 class was more than helpful in terms of the knowledge that I absorbed in regards to searching and gathering material for a topic. The topic that I selected for my paper was how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Initially, at the start of the paper, I believe myself to be highly knowledgeable on the subject but I walked away from all my research with a plethora of new information on my topic. I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent creating my paper.
The reason why I chose to write about a topic on living a healthy lifestyle is …show more content…
It was more challenging than I anticipated. The challenge for me was mostly due to the fact that I had to conduct majority of my research through the UMUC Information and Library Services interface. I can honestly say that I wasn’t too happy about that in the beginning stages of me writing my research paper but that was mostly because I was forced out of my comfort zone. Normally, when conducting a paper that requires me to do research, I would simply use google as my primary source of information. Once I became more familiar with the site,I found a strong appreciation for the UMUC Information and Library Services because it broke me out of that comfort zone. By using the UMUC Library, it allowed me to focus on the paper and not have to worry or check on the credibility of the source at hand. After getting accustom to the site, I played around with different key words in efforts to find the best fitting source material. I received the best results by searching " keys to healthy living", A bulk of the material I included in my paper came from searching those key …show more content…
The process that I struggled with the most was correctly citing my work. I am greatly appreciative of the Mulligan my Professor granted me. I reviewed some citing material from the previous weeks to help me with my citing woes. I think a success for me is how I will now focus on involving more scholar journals in the sources I use on future
The reason why I chose to write about a topic on living a healthy lifestyle is …show more content…
It was more challenging than I anticipated. The challenge for me was mostly due to the fact that I had to conduct majority of my research through the UMUC Information and Library Services interface. I can honestly say that I wasn’t too happy about that in the beginning stages of me writing my research paper but that was mostly because I was forced out of my comfort zone. Normally, when conducting a paper that requires me to do research, I would simply use google as my primary source of information. Once I became more familiar with the site,I found a strong appreciation for the UMUC Information and Library Services because it broke me out of that comfort zone. By using the UMUC Library, it allowed me to focus on the paper and not have to worry or check on the credibility of the source at hand. After getting accustom to the site, I played around with different key words in efforts to find the best fitting source material. I received the best results by searching " keys to healthy living", A bulk of the material I included in my paper came from searching those key …show more content…
The process that I struggled with the most was correctly citing my work. I am greatly appreciative of the Mulligan my Professor granted me. I reviewed some citing material from the previous weeks to help me with my citing woes. I think a success for me is how I will now focus on involving more scholar journals in the sources I use on future