Q Objective: Identifying different information types needed for college research. Improving searching skills needed for college research. Instructions: Share with your classmates what you have learned this week. Answer all questions and be as detailed and specific as possible. 1. Your response • Explain when and what kind of periodicals will you use for your research papers? Be specific. • Shortly explain in your own words the difference between scholarly and popular periodicals. • Explain when and how you will use reference books for your research? Be specific. • What did you learn about searching academic databases that was especially useful to you? 2. Reply to your classmates' posts • Tell your classmates what you find valuable about their response. • Add something that will be helpful to them or ask a question if something that they shared was not clear. How it will be graded Participation in discussions is 10% of your final grade. You will receive up to 6 points for your original response, depending how many listed questions you answered and how detailed are your answers. You will receive up to additional 4 points for the replies to your classmates. You may receive a WOW! point if you go above and beyond of what was asked from you. See the grading rubric from the top right side of this page for details. This may help Discussions video Ask your instructor