1. Danielle Carlock
480 425 6765
d.carlock@sccmail.maricopa.edu

2. TOPICS
Career Option:
What would be a worthwhile career to pursue? Why is that career worthwhile? Be
sure to provide as much detail as possible about the career you choose.
Worthwhile Cause Option:
What is a local, national, or international cause that you think people should know
more about? What do people need to know about it and why? Be sure to provide
as much detail as possible about your cause.
Educate Your Peers Option:
What interesting subject would you like your peers to know more about? Be sure to
provide as much detail as possible about your subject. Why is this subject so
interesting?
Current Events Option:
There are lots of interesting things happening in the news today. For this option, your
goal is to inform you reader with as much detail as possible about a current event
happening in the news today. Be sure to provide background information and
then discuss the event in the order that it occurred.

3. WHAT IS YOUR TOPIC?
 Go to one of the small whiteboards and write
down your topic.
 If you don’t know your topic, write down
which of the following topic categories
interests you:
 Career
 Worthwhile Cause
 Educate your Peers
 Current Events

4. TYPES OF MATERIALS
 Magazine & newspaper articles
 Books
 Websites

5. FINDING MAGAZINE AND
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
 Use search engines (databases)
available through the library webpage.
Library Databases/Search Google
Engines
These databases are limited Can be a needle in a
to haystack to find
newspaper/magazine/journal newspaper/magazine articles
articles
There is no charge to access Often have to pay to access
the articles the articles

6. USING LIBRARY DATABASES
 A specialized search engine available through
the library webpage
 Contains newspaper, magazine, and journal
articles
 Most of this content not available openly
through a web search (i.e. googling)