Thursday, September 11, 2008

POST: Week 3, Day 2, Wednesday, September 10, 2008

This was mostly a work day, but we did a little with Project 3.

We looked at Lexis Nexis. Here are the directions for getting to it:

1. Go to www.wsulibs.wsu.edu
2. Click on "find journal articles"
3. Click on "databases a-z"
4. Click on "L'
5. Click on Lexis Nexis Academic
6. Click on "agree."
7. Check the settings: Major newspapers and previous year.
8. Type in words you want to scan for (e.g. "plastic bottles").
9. Send yourself interesting articles -- save paper! Don't print until you're sure you like the article!

HW: Look over the page on Interview Questions. (www.wsu.edu/~gordonl/ESL).

1. Click on Services for Students
2. Click on Study Skills and References Materials
3. Click on Useful Links for Students in 403
4. Click on III B. (Questions with answer prompts).

PREPARE a 45-second answer to this question: Tell me about yourself!

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