ENGL 2311: Research Project On a Venetian Museum

Instructions

1. Read the Analytical Report Prompt. 
2. Define your topic for your analytical report in your own words. 
3. Compose your main research question. 
4. Explain how you will use the ENGL 2311 Research Guide to find sources (e.g., scholarly journal articles, books, and web sites) for your topic. 
5. Describe how you will use the research method of case study for your topic. 
   • Your discussion post is due at 10:00 pm on September 23. 
   • Reply to two classmates' discussion posts by 10:00 pm on September 24. 
     • Provide feedback on whether their topics, research questions, and case study methods are complex enough for their analytical reports. 

Purpose 
Your purpose is to summarize and evaluate the usefulness of 6 sources for your analytical report.  

Format / Documentation Style 
Use APA Style (7th edition) to format your annotated bibliography.  

Skills 

• Use APA Style to compose bibliographic citations. 
• Write evaluative annotations

• Format elements of a page following APA Style conventions (e.g., title page, proper alignment, line spacing)

• Use academic voice (formal tone and diction, concise language)

• Follow Edited American English conventions for grammar, usage, and spelling

Task 

Compose bibliographic citations and evaluative annotations for six sources for your analytical report. At least three of your sources must be scholarly journal articles or books in museum studies, technical communication studies, or rhetorical studies. 

Search for journal articles and books that discuss topics such as accessibility, assistive technology (e.g., screen readers), and immersive technology (e.g., virtual reality, augmented reality) in museum spaces (onsite/online).  

Organization

• Compose a bibliographic citation for the first source listed in your annotated bibliography using APA Style  

  • List the bibliographic citations for sources in alphabetical order by authors’ last names (or names of organizations if applicable)

• Just below the bibliographic citation for the source, write an evaluative annotation in which you complete the following:   

  • Briefly summarize the main idea/argument of the source. 

  • Analyze the purpose of the source.  

  • Analyze the source for bias (e.g., cultural bias). 

  • Evaluate the evidence (e.g., examples, facts) used to support the main idea/argument.  

  • Evaluate the overall usefulness of the source for your research essay. For example, evaluate if the source provides important background information for your topic. 

• Repeat this process for your remaining sources. 

Purpose
Your purpose is to draft an analytical report informed by your research into the museum’s use of technical communication. 

Format / Documentation Style 
Use APAStyle (7th edition) to format your analytical report.   

Skills 

• Draft a purpose statement for an analytical report. 

• Format and structure an analytical report. 

• Use academic voice (formal tone and diction, precise language). 

• Use APA 7th edition to compose corresponding signal phrases, in-text citations, and references for sources. 

• Develop coherent, unified, and fully developed paragraphs. 

• Synthesize ideas from sources. 

• Apply edited American English conventions for spelling, grammar, and mechanics. 

 
Tasks

• Draft a 1,600-1,800-word analytical report.   

• An analytical report has three major sections: front matter, body, and back matter. Organize your analytical report as follows:  

1. Front Matter: Submittal Letter, Cover Page, Abstract, Table of Contents, List of Figures (if applicable)  

2. Body: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion of Results, Conclusion 

3. Back Matter: Glossary (if needed), References 

• Integrate six or more sources into your analytical report. At least three of your sources must be scholarly journal articles and/or books in museum studies, technical communication studies, and/or rhetorical studies.  

• Do not use more than one tertiary source (e.g., encyclopedia article, dictionary entry) in your analytical report.  

• Do not use Wikipedia (or a similar website) as a source.