UNM Valencia

English 102

Valencia Campus Library

The Cause and Effect Essay

  1. Choose your Topic.
  • Topic should be interesting to you.
  • Gather basic information on topic.
 

Suggested Resources
  1. Choose the Cause/Effect Model.
  • Model 1
  augustmoviesmall (9K)
  • Model 2
  augustmoviesmall (9K)
  • Model 3
  augustmoviesmall (9K)
  1. Identify cause(s) and effect(s) for your topic.
  2. Find information to support each cause and effect.
    • Create a search strategy:
      • Use your "Topic" and "Important cause and effect words."
      • Change "Topic" to subject if needed.
      • Don't search words like cause, effect, because, affect, etc.
      • Use correct Boolean logic, truncation and quotation marks. See Searching Tips.
      • Choose the appropriate search tool to search for books, articles or web resources.

Books

  librosvalencia (17K)

Articles

  databasestext (Small) (10K)

Web Info

  j0410477 (14K)
Search LIBROS  
  • Search by keyword, author, title, or subject.
  • Use Advanced Search screen to combine search terms.
  • Limit by date, material type (books, visual materials).
  • Determine if item is checked out.
  • See Searchpath Module 3 for help using LIBROS.
Use a general or specialized database.
Use an Internet Search Engine.
  • Create your search strategy using the concept map and the Search Generator .
    (source is Northwest Missouri State)
  • Use an Advanced Search feature.
    • Use a separate line for each concept map idea or cut/paste your search statement into one line.
    • See the Searching Tips for additional help.
  • Limit by domain name.
  • See Searchpath Module 5 for help with searching the web.
Tools for Finding
Information the Web
  1. Use your information to write your paper.
hand writing
  1. Cite your sources