Picking My Sources

English 101 is a class where we discuss current events and then write essays reflecting what we think about them. To do this, we must sometimes quote sources, and finding those sources can be a bit difficult, especially when the source needs to be peer reviewed or come from a book, or things along those lines. This is how I typically go about finding my sources...

First I read the assignment guidelines and see what is required of me for the sources. Usually it's about one to three sources, and one sources needs to be scholarly. Finding the first two sources is pretty easy, as I just look around the internet for interesting articles that will enhance my paper, and then when I find them, I use them in appropriate places in my paper. Those sources are fun to find and really help my paper once I incorporate them.

Now comes the hard part. Finding a scholarly source is difficult for me. I know that we went to the library and someone directed us through it, but I still find it quite difficult. I go to the WSU library website an use the journal search engine and look through there, but it's still usually hard to find articles that really fit my paper. Hopefully I get the hang of it by the end of the semester.

Paper one was the easiest paper to find sources for, because they all came from my brain. Paper two was also relatively easy to find a source for, because it did not have to be peer reviewed (which for some reason makes it even harder to find a source). Paper three is the paper we just turned our first draft in for, and then paper that is still giving me trouble. For the first draft I included just one source, because the other two I had were good, but I am looking to find better. Over these next few weeks I will be looking for better sources for paper three and amazing sources for paper four. Wish me luck!

The Final Four

Reading these last few chapters of Omnivore's Dilemma has ben bitter sweet. While I am happy that reading negative views of my favorite foods has finally come to an end, I am a little sad that I am done reading these interesting tales about the food industry.

Chapter 15 of the Omnivore's dilemma, was primarily about Pollan getting the courage to become a forager, and his journey to this goal. The best part of this chapter in my opinion, was Pollan's childhood memories, because they were similar to mine. Besides that however, it was a little boring to read about his misadventures as he began to hunt. He also upset me a bit when he said that one had to "endure" a hunting class to get a hunter's license. While he may have said this specifically for effect, to me it sounded as if he thought this class might be a waste of time, and I didn't appreciate this.

The three remaining chapter in the book 18,19, and 20 basically continued with Pollan's story of hunting, and franly, I don't enjoy reading about someone hunting, no matter how basic the instinct. I did, however, appreciate the insight Pollan provided to how it really is to catch and prepare one's own food. Overall, Pollan ended the Omnivore's Dilemma on a good note, and even though I would not have chosen to read this book, I guess Im kind of happy I did.

Over and Out ;)