This semester, you'll become an expert on a topic related to Olympic Boulevard or another theme from the College 1 course. Working with a group of classmates, you'll develop a thesis (or main claim) about your topic and present your thesis along with supporting evidence on a visually appealing, informative research artifact. This could be a PowerPoint presentation, a set of Google Slides, an infographic, or a video.
PCC Librarians are here to help you with this project!
The College 1 Research Assignment fosters development of essential skills including choosing and narrowing a research topic, formulating a research question, finding and selecting reliable sources using PCC Library databases, selecting information from sources to support your position, and citing sources using MLA format.
Librarians can help you with the following aspects of the project: