CSc 114 Section C

Find an article about applications of computers in your major area. If you have not declared a major, choose one you may be interested in. Read the article and write a summary. Your summary should be one to one and a half pages, double-spaced. Do use a word processor, and avail yourself of the spell checker. Your summary must contain a citation of the article summarized sufficient that the reader can find it easily.

You may choose a printed article from any serious publication. (This generally excludes those which routinely discuss Elvis sightings.) If in doubt, ask your instructor. Chose an article which is at least one printed page in length. You may not use a software manual.

Online articles are generally allowed, but you should have them approved first; feel free to email a link to Dr. Bennet to ask. The length of an on-line article should be comparable to the one-page requirement for printed articles, and should generally come from an academic journal, established newspaper or magazine, or serious trade publication. Articles from page factories, including About.com, eHow, Buzzle, Howstuffworks, and WiseGeek, are not acceptable.

Please write your own summary. There's already a lab exercise for finding things on the Internet.

Hand in your paper as either word processor document or a PDF (Acrobat document) here. I also need to see the document you summarized. If it is available on the web, include its URL in your paper. If you can make a PDF, you can submit that with your paper at the above URL. (This often the best way to submit EBSCO papers, since their URLs expire.) If none of those are practical, hand your source in on paper.