1. The PSC 101 Writing Assignment
8/8/2018 1:03 AM
The PSC 101 Writing Assignment
Dr. Paul Davis, Instructor
John Fitzsimmons, Reference Librarian
Truckee Meadows Community College
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2. What to do with the Questions An example
#8 - Women still earn only 75 cents for every $1 a man earns. Explain why and should anything be done about this?
Break the question into keywords. Think about synonyms or core concepts that match the question being asked. This question is essentially about equal pay for equal work. Or pay equality.
For background information, search the CQ Researcher database with the search phrase pay equality. This finds an article on the Gender Pay Gap, which provides background on the issue. You might also try Issues & Controversies, depending on the question you choose.
Then, search some EBSCO databases for scholarly articles on the topic. Search Academic Search, MasterFile and Political Science Complete together for the best results.
Search EBSCO using the Boolean Operator AND (see the example at the Boolean Machine Website).
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3. Searching EBSCO Databases
Select the Collections to search:
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4. Break the Question into Keywords
Again, Question #8 is essentially about equal pay for equal work.
Search EBSCO for equal pay AND equal work. More than 1,400 results are found! Add the words AND united states to the search to narrow further. About 600 results are found and they deal primarily with equal pay in the United States. And you find quality articles from Congressional Digest, HR Focus, Harvard Law Review and other quality sources.

5. Viewing the Results
Move your mouse over the magnifier icon to see an abstract or summary of the article. If it looks useful, click the PDF Full Text icon to read the article. Also note the subject headings, which could be useful to find similar articles. See the next slide for the Article View in PDF.

6. Article View
Note some key words and concepts in the first paragraph – wage gap, Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. These could provide additional search options, both in the databases and on the Internet. Note recent wage statistics in the right-hand column.

7. The EBSCO Toolbar
On the right side of every EBSCO result screen is the Toolbar, which has tools to Cite and/or save articles. The Tools on the left are in the Abstract view, and on the right in the PDF article view. The Cite tool creates citations for you to copy and put in your Works Cited page.

8. Citation Help Guides Last, but not least – writing and citing…
For an overall view of an MLA paper, see this MLA Sample Paper at the OWL at Purdue University. But follow Dr. Davis’ specific instructions before the notes here…
In-text Citation help from OWL
Works Cited Examples from OWL – don’t forget to copy and paste citations from the databases, but be sure to fix indents and any other formatting issues before turning in your paper!
Call the Library at or come in for help! Or John Fitzsimmons, your Reference contact, for assistance.