1. Joyce Wong joycewong@langara.ca
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4. Be specific but not narrow
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Experience of Christian pilgrims from Vancouver to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
The difference between Islamic and Christian pilgrimages. Focus on two specific pilgrimages as examples
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The History and origins of pilgrimage in Christianity

5. Sample thesis statement
Although the religious symbolism of various pilgrimages differs between Islam and Christianity, they share some essential themes in terms of the pilgrims' spiritual and social experience. The Hajj and the Camino de Santiago will be used to illustrate these shared themes, especially as defined by the three stages of a pilgrim's rite of passage or journey.

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The Road to Santiago
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7. Popular vs Academic Who wrote it?
Scholar, interested person
How accurate is the information? Are there citations to sources?
Other published sources, first person accounts
What is the coverage on the topic?
Broad and background coverage, in-depth and focused?
Why was it written? Who is the intended audience?
Other scholars, students, believers, consumers, members of the general public
When was it written?
The information may be outdated

8. Library resources Background Depth and breadth Focused
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9. Research Questions Background Depth and Breadth Focused
What is the Hajj?
What are some well known Christian pilgrimages?
Depth and Breadth
How are rituals an integral part of the pilgrims’ experience during the Hajj? Or vary for different pilgrims such as women?
Focused
What is the meaning of suffering for pilgrims when they do the Camino de Santiago

10. Search Words
How are rituals an integral part of the experience in the Hajj?
What is the meaning of suffering for pilgrims when they do the Camino de Santiago?
Rituals and Hajj
Alternate words: symbolism, specific ritual such as Tawaf
Suffering, pilgrims and Camino de Santigo
Use alternate words: pilgrimage, pain,

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12. Grade: 0 citing Acknowledge ideas of others
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Avoid plagiarism
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13. When to cite Direct quotes Paraphrasing Summarize
Use in-text references
…..(Smith 47)
According to Smith....(47)

14. example
“The pilgrimage to Santiago is one of the few Christian pilgrimages believed to offer plenary absolution, the forgiveness of all sins of those who complete the journey…..’ by Elo Lulk
Which one represents proper citing?
A) The pilgrimage to Santiago is a Christian pilgrimage and is believed to offer plenary absolution, the forgiveness of all sins of those who complete the journey.
B) The forgiveness of sins is the one of the main reasons or motivations for completing the Camino de Santiago (Lulk 25).

15. Works cited
Lulk, Elo. "Meaningful Pain Suffering and the Narrative Construction of Pilgrimage Experience on the Camino De Santiago." Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society, vol. 7, no. 2, pp Academic Search Complete, login.ezproxy.langara.bc.ca/login?url= direct=true&db=a9h&AN= &site=eds-live&scope=site. Accessed 27 May 2017.
Remy, Jean. "Pilgrimage and Modernity." Social Compass, vol. 38, no. 2, 1989, pp Academic Search Complete, / Accessed 27 May 2019.
Tagliacozzo, Eric and Shawkat M.Toorawa, eds. The Hajj: Pilgrimage in Islam. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Turner, Edith. "Pilgrimage: An Overview." Encyclopedia of Religion, Gale Virtual Reference Library, 2015, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/CX /GVRL?u=vanc85972&sid=GVRL&xid=226b3c8c Accessed 27 May 2019.