Seminar in Thinking and Writing (LA101)

You will have time at the beginning of class on Monday the 10th to start on this assignment. Complete both parts by Wednesday the 12th.

1) Find and cite a peer-reviewed academic article that answers the question, “What is some recent scholarship that has been published on the topic of anime?”

At Seton Hill, students should start by going to the library website, and clicking on “Find Articles.”
http://maura.setonhill.edu/

I suggest you try the databases Academic Search Elite and JSTOR. Those are two different lists.
Remember to tick the box to restrict your search for “peer reviewed” articles — these are high-quality articles that have been pre-screened and approved by a panel of experts.

Remember also to tick the “full text” box, so that you’ll be able to complete this exercise without walking to the library and taking a print journal off a shelf.

Below are some discussion questions; in class, share your answers with a partner, to help each other determine when you have answered this question appropriately, and when you’re ready to move on to the next step. If you have found a good source, you should be able to answer all of these questions:

• Who wrote the article you found, and what university is this person from? (Academic articles are typically written by professors or advanced graduate students; most academic articles will at least say something like “Bill Smith, University of Virginia”)
• What is the title of the article?
• What is the name of the academic journal in which it was published? (How do you tell the difference between a magazine and an academic journal? See http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic1/journals-compared-to-magazines/ )
• When was your article published? (If it was published more than 5 or 10 years ago, it may be too out of date to be valuable.)
• Does your article include a “Works Cited” or “Reference” page?

If you are stuck on any of the above answers, you probably have not found a credible academic source. Keep looking!

SUBMIT YOUR ANSWER (Details)

Once you are confident you have found an academic source, submit your finding in the form of an MLA-style bibliography entry. (For this exercise, don’t worry about the “hanging indent” spacing.)

As a reminder, the following page will help you organize your bibliography entry in the proper format. http://jerz.setonhill.edu/bib/article.html