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This Research Paper (Assignment 4) has a traditional element, but also a creative component added to help folks get started.  The topic of this Assignment is “The Public Figure That Has Influenced My Life The Most.”  By “public figure” I mean anyone in the public eye, including politicians, entertainers, artists, scientists, inventors, business people, and so on.  You must choose a figure about whom you can find plenty of high-quality research, and the research must be done through the HACC Library (see Unit 6 for more on using Academic Search Complete, a database that is particularly well-suited for this project).  

The Assignment contains two parts:

1)      A 250 word memoir style piece (think back to Assignment 1) in which you outline why this person is so important to you.  How have they impacted your life?  How are you different/ better off because of them?  How did you come across them?  And so on.

2)      A four to five page (1000 word) research paper in which you identify this person’s greatest achievement. This assignment, then, basically comes with a built in thesis statement: “X’s greatest achievement was Y.”  The essay MUST have five sources.  These sources should come from the HACC Library, either books/materials from one of the physical library buildings on campus or journal articles and other sources from the Library’s electronic databases.  Unit 6 will have given you everything you need to begin this research process, but HACC’s wonderful librarians and I will be delighted to offer help and support as you work.  Don’t hesitate to ask questions.

If you can't at first find many sources using the HACC Library, I ask that you try again using different "keyword" searches in Academic Search Complete (see Unit 6).  If, after doing this, you still cannot find adequate sources, use the Library homepage to contact a Librarian and ask for help.  If, finally, you still cannot find the five sources in the HACC library, you may supplement one or two sources from other venues.  If you do this, you are responsible for evaluating the quality of the sources.  What are the credentials of the author?  What is the reputation of the publication in which the source appears?  These are the sort of questions you will need to ask of each source before using them in your essay. 


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