Post 4 - CR Hockman

Hello again everybody! I hope the researching and semestering is going well for you.

I found this week's module particularly helpful; I took advantage of the four research databases and found several worthwhile articles. For those of us in ENGL 5014, this assignment appropriately corresponds to the upcoming Prospectus and Annotated Bibliography. The most helpful part of this course is that it ensures my research work. I HAVE to stay on track, otherwise time will go by and I haven't done squat. Thus, I am glad to have this course to keep me on my toes. (Well, standing up at least.)

The hardest part about research this semester - making time for it! Taking time for our own work is necessary but overwhelming in conjunction with our other coursework. And it only gets harder, yay! I have never harmed a journal article, so why should it make me cry? So much good stuff out there, but how to narrow? At this point, I am comfortable navigating the databases, but I am not quite sure what to keep or discard. Only so much time to read, but alas... we do what we can! Anyone have any helpful suggestions on weeding? What have you done that has helped?

Cheers!