STEROIDS RESEARCH

Researching Steroids - SQ3R is your friend. Really.

SURVEY What do you know about the topic?

QUESTION What do you need to know about the topic to complete the paper?

RULE #2: “YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO BE LAZY”
Remember, this means that you are not writing a book. You are writing about a single defined aspect of this topic. This has nothing to do with procrastination or a half-hearted attempt at writing a paper. That stuff is anathema.

QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE IN MOST PAPERS:
1. What are anabolic steroids? (note that this paper is not about steroids that people would use for breathing conditions (for example))
2. Why do people take steroids?
3. What do steroids do that is positive?
4. What negative effects do steroids have on men?
5. What negative effects do steroids have on women?
6. What negative effects do steroids have on children?
7. What are the laws that pertain to steroids?
8. How do people use steroids?
9. Where do people obtain steroids?
10. Who has used steroids? Keep in mind that leaked Grand Jury Testimony and conjecture don’t constitute guilt. Only self admission and a verdict from trial by jury do this.
11. What are designer steroids?
12. What is HGH?
13 - 20. Add your questions here.

READ Now find your research material and create either 50 note cards or 8-10 pages of handwritten research.

WHAT ARE SOME GOOD WEBSITES TO USE?
NIDA
WHITE HOUSE DRUG POLICY
STEROID ABUSE
ESPN STEROIDS SPECIAL
ESPN STEROIDS SPECIAL 2
ESPN STEROIDS SPECIAL 3
Be careful that you don’t use sites that sell steroids. There are sites like this online. Stick with the above the boards stuff.

MLA DOCUMENTATION All research is cited. Your paper is cited in MLA. While APA is also a way to cite, it’s not what we’re doing here.
You can get any directions in your Blair Handbook, or you can also go here:
MLA DOCUMENTATION
CITATION MACHINE

BOOK ONE AUTHOR
Gorman, Elizabeth. Prairie Women. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.
CLASS NOTES
Smith, John. "Beowulf: Archetypal Hero." English 102 Class. Vestavia Hills High School, Vestavia Hills, AL. March 28, 2003.
MAGAZINE
Cannon, Angie. "Just Saying No to Tests." U.S. News & World Report. Oct. 1999: 34.
INTERVIEW
Whitehurst, Daniel, former mayor of Fresno. Personal interview. 5 Mar. 2003.
THE LIBRARY HAS INFORMATION FOR HOW TO CITE GALE NET AND EBSCO HOST – I don’t require their use, but if you use them, know how.
WEBSITES
Last Name, First Name. Title. Date Created. Date Accessed. URL.

While there are a million little ways that you may cite websites, this way will work for the purpose of this class. NOTE: You will not always have a date created (if you don’t have day, month, and year, you also don’t have a date), and you won’t always have an author, but you will have the other 3. Improvise accordingly.

I DO WANT ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION TO BE CURRENT (2004-PRESENT UNLESS OTHERWISE APPROVED IN ADVANCE BY ME). THIS MATERIAL IS TIME SENSITIVE WITH NEW INFORMATION AND CHANGES REGARDING “DESIGNER STEROIDS.”

RECITE This is where you take your notes. You can underline handouts or printouts. You can copy notes (whatever it takes to get to your required amount of stuff).

REVIEW Organize and outline. Reassess your thesis and go back to the library or computer to research some more. Make sure you understand what you are researching. Just because you have the material doesn’t mean that it makes sense. Ask me!!

OH YEAH Send 2 additional URL’s to post on the class website for classmate use. You can use their stuff. They can use your stuff.

IN PARAGRAPH CITATIONS You must cite everything. Every fact, every name, number, bit of information, or external opinion about the topic has to come from somewhere. This is 1 of the reasons that we do topics that I choose. Ever since I had a student know everything about Jeff Gordon and think that he didn’t have to cite his facts, I realized that it’s best to have students research almost everything.
As a result, this paper is here to help you.

PRINT SOURCES
(Author’s last name Page #)
(If no Author or you use the author multiple times, then switch to first important word of the title underlined or in quotes appropriately Page #)
NOTE: there is no comma between these items and there is no word “page”, “p.,” “para” or “paragraph” either.

INTERNET SOURCES
(Author’s last name (if available))
(First important word of title underlined or quoted appropriately)

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