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Research Assignment 4
RA 3: Finding News Articles Due 2/17/2012, in your Wikipedia Sandbox

Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. -Ben Hecht, screenwriter, director, and producer (1894-1964)

1. Select a shipping company, cruise line, or maritime engineering company that has an entry on Wikipedia. If you need ideas, check these Wikipedia lists:

List of freight ship companies List of passenger ship companies or List of cruise lines

2. Locate recent news (from 2011-2012) on your company in Lexis-Nexis or ABI/Inform. Pick two or three (2-3) articles that are most substantial. If you are finding lots of news, use just major newspapers. If you don’t find any substantial news on your company, pick another company.

Do not select articles that are already cited in your company’s Wikipedia article. Do not use PR Newswire or BusinessWire as a source

3. Create a new section heading in your Sandbox and write a summary of the news you found in your own words. I will be looking for 1-2 healthy paragraphs. Be sure to include key facts you discovered by reading the article.

Do not review the article as good, bad, useful, etc. Do not quote from the article.

4. Cite the 2-3 news articles you used in APA style under your summary.

5. Add a link to the Wikipedia company article on your Sandbox page, under “Articles of Interest.”

About summarizing: Check to make sure you have not copied any part of the news articles word-for-word. This is plagiarism and will result in a “0” on the assignment and a warning.

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