Library Guides: ENGL 2311- Technical Writing: Class Research Assignments: Technical Writing

Class Research Assignments: Technical Writing

Recommendation Report
Your Dean has read your Memo and has asked you to provide detailed recommendations on the ideas you suggested within your Memo – “Your task for this assignment is to research and find an issue (of your interest) that negatively impacts student life at your educational institution.” Identify the problem or opportunity; establish criteria for responding to the problem or opportunity; determine your options; study each option according to the criteria; draw conclusions about each option; formulate recommendations based on the conclusions.
Annotated Bibliography Assignment
This assignment requires you to annotate three reliable sources.
Each student is required to research three different sources and annotate them.
 Look for a source that would provide you evidence that the issue you are discussing is really a concerning, global matter
 Look for sources that share data, which will help strengthen your claim that the issue exists.
 Research to find what is already being done in regards to this issue. Why has the situation still not improved?
 Research to see if what you are proposing is already being done. Consider how your proposal is different.
Graphics Creation and Analysis Assignment
Research Requirements: Note: For this assignment, you are required to use at least two sources. These can be the same sources you used in your Annotated Bibliography. However, make sure that one of these sources shares strong, reliable data that supports your claims. The second source will be used to support the data-driven argument you make within the analysis paragraph.
Your data/sources should not be older than 10 years.

Helpful web links for data collection:
Data. Gov is a reliable source that provides data on a number of topics
NOAA is a reliable source to find data on global warming

United States Census The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy

Our World in Data is another source you can use to find data sets on different issues

College stats.org is another good source.

Global Issue Group Proposal Assignment
Research Requirements
Your ideas and statements are more trustworthy when they are backed up with support and evidence coming from reliable sources. Note: For this Proposal, you are required to use at least eight sources. All these sources should be cited within the project and listed in the reference list.
 At least three of these sources should come from the university databases.
 At least two sources should share numeric data.
Group Proposal Assignment
 The other three sources can come from web sources – newsletters, etc.
 Also include the data your group collected through surveys. This is a required element, but it does not count towards the required eight sources.