Tutorial Creator: LaQuanda Onyemeh

Title: Why research?

Learning Objectives:
● Students will learn how secondary research can help strengthen their ENGL 210 projects
● At the end of this tutorial, students will be able to describe why secondary research is helpful
● At the end of this tutorial, students will be able to describe at least one way that secondary research could strengthen their proposal
1. Title Slide Narration or Script INTRO
Standard intro slide Why research?

2. Learning Objectives Narration or Script:

1) At the end of this tutorial, students will be able to describe
why secondary research is helpful
2) At the end of this tutorial, students will be able to describe
at least one way that secondary research could strengthen
their proposal
At the end of this tutorial:
1. Students will be able to describe why secondary research is
helpful
2. At the end of this tutorial, students will be able to describe at
least one way that secondary research could strengthen their
proposal

3. Description of visual sketch: Narration or script:

Animated sketch of students in a classroom with a teacher.
Teacher gives out an assignment.
Student sits down with someone in their organization (maybe
someone in a veterinary clinic) do to an interview - maybe
question marks appear and student takes notes?
In your ENGL 210 class, you will be making recommendations for
improving an organization you work with. You may already have a lot
of information about this organization from your own experience. You
also will be doing primary research about your organization - for
example, you may interview the organization’s director about their
current boot storage options or how they currently recruit volunteers.

4. Description of visual sketch: Narration or script:

Your proposal will be stronger, though, if you also include secondary
research, the type you find in a library. Secondary research can
Students leaves the classroom and heads to the library.
strengthen your report in a few different ways.
 5. Description of visual sketch:
Student does some searching on a computer. Thought bubble goes
to a fraternity and a group of members outside. Student looks at
some documents on the computer.
6. Description of visual sketch:
Student continues to search on the computer. Thought bubble goes
back to the fraternity, and some of the members outside leave.
Student looks at documents on the computer again, and thought
bubble goes to a different type of building and a bigger group of
members gathering outside.
Thought bubble goes to bigger group gathering outside the
fraternity.
Interactions, branching and programming notes go here:
7. Description of visual sketch:
Student looks at the computer again. Thought bubble goes to a 3D
printer in a laboratory. Student looks at documents on the
computer. Thought bubble goes to two or three different 3D
printers. Circle appears around one, and thought bubble shows that
printer inside the lab.
Narration or script:
1. Background information. Background information includes
news and media reports, campus data, and other sources of
information to help you better understand your organization.
For example, if you were doing your research proposal about increasing
member retention within a fraternity, investigating campus records
might help you understand patterns in fraternity membership, while
reading news reports about the fraternity might help you understand
dips or rises in membership.
Narration or script:
2. Conceptual information and best practices. This type of
information includes research into the concepts involved in
your research proposal.
For example, while your research report might be about fraternity
member retention at Texas A&M, there may be research about
member retention in fraternities or other types of organizations that
could be helpful to you. Reading through articles about recruitment or
retention in organizations in the same group, such as “nonprofits” for
the Big Event, can help you identify strategies and best practices that
you could ask about in your interview or recommend in your report.
Misc. notes can go here: highlight the research tab.
Narration or script:
3. Product research. This type of information includes research
into products you might recommend to your organization.
For example, you might be recommending to the director of your
undergraduate research lab that they invest in a 3D printer for the lab.
Doing some secondary research into 3D printers may help you better
understand factors such as cost, space, materials, training, etc. By
 doing your research, you can identify the type of 3D printer most suited
to your organization’s needs and budget, and you can use that evidence
to make your recommendation report even stronger.

8. Description of visual sketch: Narration or script:

Student is back at their computer writing up their own report.
Student returns to the classroom and gives the paper to their
professor. Professor marks it with an A
Using secondary research such as background information, product
research, and conceptual information and best practices can help you
take your proposal and report to the next level. In the next tutorials,
you’ll learn a little more about how you can use the library to search for
each of these types of information.

9. Description of visual sketch: Narration or script:

Standard closing slide If you have any questions, please contact your librarian

Assessment:

Which of the following types of secondary research would be best for reviewing different boot storage options?

A. Background information - Background information is good for other areas, but not your best bet for reviewing boot storage options
B. Product research* Yes, you’ll want to do product research if reviewing different boot storage options
C. Conceptual information and best practices - Conceptual information and best practices are good for other areas, but not your best bet
for reviewing boot storage options
D. Scholarly journal articles - Scholarly journal articles are great for reviewing current research, but they may not be helpful for researching
a local organization
Which of the following types of secondary research would best for identifying strategies for recruiting volunteers?
A. Background information - Background information is good for other areas, but not your best bet for identifying strategies for recruiting
volunteers
B. Product research - Product research is good for other areas, but not your best bet for identifying strategies for recruiting volunteers
C. Conceptual information and best practices* - Yes, conceptual information and best practices are your best bet for identifying strategies
for recruiting volunteers
D. Course guides - Guides from the library home page can be a great place to look for databases for your class, but you’ll still have to
identify the type of secondary research that best suits your project