Your major assignment for this class will be a library research literature review, which is the first section of a professional research paper. This will involve: choosing a topic of sociological relevance and personal interest; locating academic sources to research/learn about this topic; and writing a paper to educate your readers about the topic.
The “research” component of this paper involves finding the best existing, published research related to your topic (reviewing the literature), not collecting and analyzing your own data.
Write this paper for your fellow classmates: intelligent, educated individuals who are familiar with basic sociological concepts, but who don’t know much about your topic of interest.
While your first step will be to research/learn about a particular sociological issue, by the time you write your final draft of your paper, you will take some kind of stance on this issue. Your major task will be to use existing academic research to develop and back up your stance.
You must follow the American Sociological Association guidelines throughout this paper. This will include the overall paper format (how it looks), as well as how you cite your sources and organize your reference list.
In addition, you must use section headings in your paper.
8 resources are needed:
I have 4 right now:
https://web-p-ebscohost-com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=0&sid=4901f7ff-abd6-40d8-b5d5-5ea9878b250f%40redis
https://link-springer-com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/article/10.1007/s11920-017-0832-4
https://csu-sjsu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=cdi_webofscience_primary_000501594100003&context=PC&vid=01CALS_SJO:01CALS_SJO&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Primo%20Central&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,abortion%20and%20poverty&offset=0
https://web-s-ebscohost-com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=0&sid=4fcb44cd-2b83-4b5f-88ca-a156dc9d9825%40redis
The sources NEED to be PEER-REVIEWED sources.
The assigned topic I wrote up there is the THESIS I created. The whole paper is a literature review and that was the topic I created.