35% of your grade is based on your Wikipedia entry writing.

Your syllabus states one of the goals of this assignment is to: "Foster library and research skills in general as well as information literacy in American Politics more specifically. Relatedly, this assignment will also help you learn about proper citation, what is and is not an authoritative source, the difference between primary and secondary sources, as well as introduce you to the advantages and potential pitfalls of using Wikipedia."

This guide is intended to help you navigate research sources and determine authoritativeness in order to support the creation of useful articles that contribute to the collective Wikipedia record.

First steps:

1 -Enroll in our Wikipedia course page by clicking on the "enroll" link in the upper right:

You can also check out last year's POLI 3 wikipedia Course Page, which will lead you to the articles created by last year's class.

2 - Complete the Wikipedia for Students training. Before too long, you'll definitely want to learn how to create a Wikipedia article. You can also step through the Article Wizard, which is very helpful for beginners.

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♦ Contact the librarian with expertise in your research area.

♦ Talk with a librarian during scheduled reference hours.

♦ Discover resources and tools to aid your research in subject research guides.

Sara Lowe:

1 - Bureaucratic Drift - this is a new article, so it will need to be created.
2 - Layer Cake Federalism
3 - Distributive Tendency - this is a new article, so it will need to be created.

Char Booth:

4 - Office on Violence Against Women
5 - Polarized Pluralism
6 - Guest Worker Program

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Tip - For the 2/21 Library workshop, you should record the results of your research in your Wikipedia Sandbox. Here are two useful formatting links:

• Wikipedia formatting basics
  
• Citing sources in Wikipedia (basics)
  
• Citing sources in Wikipedia (advanced)
  

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