Planning Activity

For this activity, you will gather research sources for the Rogerian Argument Essay. Use the OCCC library and choose reliable, academic sources. For research help, start with the OCCC library videos located on the Great Resources page.

For the Rogerian Argument essay, and this bibliography assignment, use the same topic you used for your Classical Argument essay; however, expand the focus of your research in two ways:

1. to discover and communicate the broader context of your issue; for example, its state or national impact;

2. to educate yourself about alternate/opposite perspectives on the issue.

You may continue to use any sources from your existing Annotated Bibliography that are still useful to you; however, you must end up with a minimum of four reliable sources that provide college-level and/or academic information for you to use in this essay. Add the newly found sources to your Annotated Bibliography. Keep all of the sources in alphabetical order.Instructions:

1. Use the OCCC library databases to gather as many additional sources as you will need, keeping in mind that this essay requires a minimum of 4 sources and that you can continue to use any of your existing sources that remain useful for this essay. Within the library's website, the "Gale: Opposing Viewpoints" database is a good place to start for Rogerian argument research materials. Note that its purpose is to provide multiple viewpoints on each topic, which is the goal of your research.