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At the beginning of this semester, I feared writing the research paper for Humanities 100W. The idea of writing a paper solely based on other sources was intimidating and overwhelming. I had been accustomed to writing reflective papers in my Creative Arts major, and being able to capture my emotions in a memoir or a story. Never had I been asked to take a subject, dig in and discover what people said about it, and analyze it fully from all ends. Or at least, I had never been asked to write an extensive paper about a seemingly tiny subject. Until this semester, I was not familiar with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. My classes thus far at San Jose State have required me to attend dance performances or theatrical shows as opposed to researching aspects of media or events. My experiences using the Martin Luther King Jr. library has aided in improving my writing skill as well as widen my knowledge of scholarly and professional sources.
In class this semester we looked at professional writers who made grammatical and logical mistakes. The most prominent newspapers and companies have made fools of themselves by publishing work that is sloppy and nonsensical. Educated professionals who make obscene amounts of money and have much power in society lack knowledge in writing. I realize that one can improve their own writing by consistently looking at other good writers’ works and truly taking the time to enhance and progress in their writing ability. At the MLK library, I was exposed to different kinds of scholarly works that were well written.
The scholarly journals I looked at were abundant in vocabulary, concise, and straightforward. Compared to the other libraries I have visited, the research section of the MLK library was awe-inspiring and interesting.