- Use Library databases for a much more refined search
Theory of Summary
- Capture main points
- Usually are summarizing because there is a purpose for it
- “An art”
- Many ways to do it
- What is the point? What is the big picture? Do not get bogged down in play by play details
- Looks back (to original) and ahead (to your work; where you are going)
- Look to intro and conclusion for main points
- Sometimes you just want a piece of the text, not the whole
Keep in mind
- Be aware of the point of the original source (text)
- Avoid research as a “scavenger hunt”
- Be conversant with text – read the whole source!!
- Read the source until you get it and define the source
- Articulate main ideas of the text; where does piece come from?
- What matters to you/your project?
- Bias: intrinsic prejudice/opinion towards a subject
- Bias does not mean a source is unusable
- Bias can be a problem if it fights against evidence or gets in the way of clear judgment
Why public health matters
- She makes a claim; an opinion piece
- The Atlantic is one of the oldest magazines. Mark Twain published in it
- Slightly older College Educated audience: middle and upper middle class
- Tend to have a Liberal bias
- Author is a Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at NYU: expert in her field
- She is writing to her respondents who want a definition of public health
- “Democracy” – a healthy life should be available for all
They say I say
- Templates for various sources
- How do I use sources for my text?
HW
- Write summary for “Why public health matters”
- Read until you get it (be conversant)
- Define the source
- Articulate main ideas
- 1 page or less
- Submit in dropbox in blackboard
- Read chapter 2 or Joe Harris
- 2nd service reflection due on Friday 2/26