Group #3

Part 1: Question CBy: Blake Arvon, Hanna Owens, Jeana

Spiker.

Step 2

• Info. can be found in World News Digest.• Information on current and old news. • Tons of articles and news reports.• Is it reliable or not?• Is there any differences between scholarly

infromation and this info.?• How does all this apply to our question?

Step 3

• Using Credo References you can find unbiased information on any topic.

• Information such as when someone was born, where they live, and their profession.

• The source was credible. • How is this reference useful to our topic?

Step 4

• Book: The American Journey of Barack Obama• Covers from beginning of his life to early years

of presidency.• Written by many well respected writers of Life.• What is the summary/evaluation?• Purpose of the book: inform and give

overview.• How useful can a book like this be?

Step 4 Continued

• Publisher is Little Brown and Company.• Published in 2008.• Bias or not?• Authors, bibliography, and order.

Step 5

• Pros and Cons of President Obama• He has shifted the foreign policy • Removed over 100,000 troops from Iraq• Ended al Qaeda’s leader Osama Bin Laden• However he struggles to make good financial

choices at times like the mark- to – market fair value.

Step 6

• We learned different ways to research topics from each other.

• How to work well with people in our group.• Our views.

Works Cited• "Barack Obama Free Stock Photo - Public Domain Pictures." Public Domain

Pictures - Free Stock Photos. Web. 19 Sept. 2011. <http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=1582>.

• Forbes, Steve. “Obama Repeats Bush’s Worst Moment Market Mistakes. “ Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition 06 Mar. 2009: A13. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 19 Sept. 2011

• "History in the Making: Barack Obama Wins Nomination." Ringtones - Unlimited Downloads, Cell Phone Games, Wallpaper. Web. 19 Sept. 2011. <http://www.yorapper.com/history-in-the-making-barack-obama-wins-nomination/>.

• Kennedy, Edward M. The American Journey of Barack Obama. New York: Little Brown and, 2008. Print.

• "Obama, Barack." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009. Credo Reference. 3 Sept. 2010. Web. 19 Sept. 2011. <http://ezproxy.marshall.edu:2907/entry/ebconcise/obama_barack>.

Continued• "Obama, Barack." Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues,

Viewpoints, and Voices. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe, 2010. Credo Reference. 1 Oct. 2010. Web. 20 Sept. 2011. <http://ezproxy.marshall.edu:2907/entry/sharpecw/obama_barack>.

• "Obama, Barack Hussein (1961 - )." Topic Pages. Boston: Credo Reference Contributors, 2011. Credo Reference. 19 Sept. 2011. Web. 20 Sept. 2011. <http://ezproxy.marshall.edu:2907/topic/obama_barack_1961>.

• OBAMA, BARACK. “ The Story of Self Determination. “ vital speeches of the day 77.7 (2011): 239-245. Academic search premier. EBSCO.web.19 sept.2011.

Continued• "Picture of an American Flag." Pictures / Stock Photos. Web. 19 Sept. 2011.

<http://www.photohome.com/photos/flag-pictures/american-flag-2.html>.• "President Barack Obama." The White House. Web. 19 Sept. 2011.

<http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama>.• "The American Journey of Barack Obama - Hachette Book Group." Hachette

Book Group - Home of Grand Central Publishing and Little , Brown and Company. Web. 19 Sept. 2011. <http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/books_9780316045605.htm>.

• "The next President of the United States - The Big Picture - Boston.com." Boston.com - Boston, MA News, Breaking News, Sports, Video. Web. 19 Sept. 2011. <http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/the_next_president_of_the_unit.html>.