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CMN432 Professional Communications for Engineers

Getting ready for your assignment

In this section are resources that you might find helpful to review so you will be ready to work on your assignments. 

  • How to evaluate the information you find? Is it scholarly? Is it peer-reviewed? Is it authoritative? 
  • Where to start with searching about the different impacts?
  • Learn how to read an article so that you can be effective in using the time you have to do your research.
  • How to manage all the resources you find and cite them properly for your assignment?

How to read an article

Being first year students, reading scholarly articles is something that can be intimating. Below are a few resources to make this easier for you. They key to saving time and getting to successful research for your papers in the next four years is to development research reading skills. You need to analyse and assess each potential article before you dive in to read them in detail. When you are ready to read, learn how and when to read more or less when you are doing your research. 

How to read a Scholarly Article from Kishwaukee College Library