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Chemical Safety Presentation

The goal of your presentation is to inform your colleagues about a chemical that is commonly used in the Cosmetology profession and to offer practical advice on the safe handling and use of the chemical.
You will use library resources and websites to develop your presentation.
See below for suggested library resources.
You should use images in your presentation.

Your responsibilities

You'll deliver a 5 minute presentation to the class.
You will produce a presentations slide set and script that must include:
The chemical name and some common products that include the chemical (1-2 slides)
A full description of the harmful aspects of this chemical (1-3 slides)
A full description of the safe handling and use of the chemical (1-3 slides)
Any other interesting information that you find out about your chemical (1 or more slides)
A bibliography (1 slide)
You will hand in your presentation slides and your script to your instructor.

Required References

Three sources total (or more if you like!)
At least 1 library resource
2 credible websites or books

Suggested Library Resources

Hazmat Zone
Associate Program Source Plus
Found on this page: Cosmetology databases

Examples of Credible Websites

PubChem
OSHA: Beauty Industry.
Environmental Protection Agency

How to Evaluate Websites

Apply the CRAP Test!

How to Create a Bibliography

We will use the "simplified citation style" for this assignment. Please refer to the Simple Cite page to learn how to create your Bibliography

Example Presentation

A very brief example of this assignment (without script).

Grading Rubric

Your presentation will be graded using the following criteria. Your instructor will give you specific details about the number of points/grades.

• Accuracy: The student followed the directions for the assignment.
• Completeness: All elements of the project are complete.
• Resource Quality: The web resources chosen for the project are of sufficient quality. The web resources utilized in the project are appropriate for College-level work.
• Citations: The simplified citation style was applied accurately in the bibliography.
• Writing and Grammar: The presentation and script are without grammatical or spelling errors.
• Images: The images used in the presentation illustrated concepts appropriately. Images are relevant to the topic and/or discussion.

Other Resources

Contact the Cosmetology librarian for an appointment: cotede@cod.edu or 630-942-2092. Evening and Weekend appointments available!
Feel nervous about giving a presentation? Contact the Writing, Reading, & Speech Assistance Center.

Women's clothing report spreadsheet
Party Planning and Home Entertaining
Reports schedule
Business Plan Basics

CONSTITUTION DAY

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LIBRARY CATALOG

LIBRARY CATALOG: Search for materials in the COD library or in libraries worldwide.

Outline of the Library of Congress Classification System (what COD uses to arrange its books)
I-SHARE (formerly Illinet Online): Get books from over 80 Illinois academic libraries
Interlibrary Loan, to get books and journal articles from other libraries around the country.

List of COD Library books on the Constitutional Convention
List of COD Library books on Civil Rights
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REFERENCE BOOKS

Why Reference Sources?

Is your research topic too big to cover in a short paper?  Is your topic so specific that sources will be hard to find?

Before you even begin your research, start the process with reference sources-- in the Library's Reference Section or online in our databases.  Reference books, like subject encyclopedias, can give you a head start and make your research easier in the long run.  Use reference sources to:

• find a topic
• narrow your topic
• find keywords
• get background information on your topic

American Political Culture: An Encyclopedia. (2015)
The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science: A User's Guide to its Terms
The Concise Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History
Constitutional Amendments : Encyclopedia of the People, Procedures, Politics, Primary Documents Relating to the 27 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 : A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America's Founding. Reference KF 4520 .Z 9 V 55 2005
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Encyclopedia of Democracy. Reference JC 423 .E 53 1995
Encyclopedia of Governance
Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. Reference KF 4548 .E 53 2000
Minority Rights in the United States. Reference JC 599 .U 5 A 93 2002
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ARTICLE DATABASES

You must have a valid College of DuPage library card to access the electronic indexes and databases from off-campus.

Academic OneFile. An index to over 2500 magazines and journals covering a variety of topic areas including political science. This database provides references, abstracts, and many times the full-text of articles. A COD library card is required for off-campus use.
Academic Search Complete. Abstracts from nearly 3000 journals and full text for 1250 journals including general reference, political science, education, social sciences, humanities, general science, multi-cultural studies, library and information science.
The Chicago Tribune newspaper. Full text of articles from 1989-present.
CQ Researcher. Full text articles covering topics of current interest and controversy.
Google Scholar. This provides access to many free full-text articles, as well as citations to many other articles.
JSTOR. This is an archive of digitized journal articles ranging in date from the 1700's to the early 2000's. These collections span a variety of subjects in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Physical Sciences.
Military and Government Collection of articles and bibliographic citations.
National Newspapers(ProQuest). This includes the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post.
Project MUSE. This database offers full-text current and archival articles from 500+ scholarly journals from major university presses covering literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more. Updated continually.

More COD Library journal and newspaper article databases.
Explanation of Scholarly Journals
Explanation of the Difference Between Magazines and Journals
How to Read a Research Article
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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

Mass Media and the Constitution : An Encyclopedia of Supreme Court Decisions. Reference KF 2750 .A 59 H 58 1989
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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Religious Studies research guide

Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. Reference BL 65 .P 7 E 53 2007
Encyclopedia of Religion and the Law in the United States.
Encyclopedia of Religious Controversies in the United States.
Freedom of Religion under the Bill of Rights.
Religion and the Law in America : An Encyclopedia of Personal Belief and Public Policy. Reference KF 4783 .A 68 M 47 2007

List of COD Library books on the Freedom of Religion in the United States
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SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law. Reference KF 9325 .A 68 M 33 2006
The Evolving Constitution : How the Supreme Court has Ruled on Issues from Abortion to Zoning. General KF4548 .L 54 1992
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. Reference KF 8742 .A 35 O 93 2005
Women's Rights in the United States : A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Issues, Events, and People.
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OTHER LIBRARY RESEARCH GUIDES

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INTERNET SITES

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Research

Evaluate all of your sources for:
   • Currency - the timeliness of the information
   • Relevance - the importance of the information for your needs
   • Accuracy - the reliability and correctness of the information
   • Authority - the source of the information
   • Purpose - the reason the information exists

Resources to help you evaluate your sources
   • Evaluating Sources - www.codlrc.org/evaluating
   • CRAAP Sources workshops (schedule

Resources to help you research
   • CQ Researcher and Issues & Controversies - www.codlrc.org/databases/current-events
   • Speech Research Basics - www.codlrc.org/speech/basics
   • Finding Evidence - www.codlrc.org/speech/evidence
   • Researching Current Events and Controversial Topics - www.codlrc.org/current
   • Persuasive Speech Research: Organizational Methods and Evidence tutorial - www.codlrc.org/speech/tutorials
   • Google It workshops (see current schedule)
   • Persuasive Speech workshops (see current schedule)

Oral Citations

As you present your speech, you will need to provide information about your sources:
   • Who/What - author or title
   • When - date of publication

Resources to help you prepare an oral citation
   • Oral Citation Basics - www.codlrc.org/research/fundamentals/oral
   • Oral Citations workshops (see current schedule)

Annotated Bibliography

Your annotated bibliography will include MLA citations and short descriptive and evaluative paragraphs about each source. Include one or more sentences that:
   • evaluate the authority or background of the author
   • comment on the intended audience
   • compare or contrast this work with another you have cited, or
   • explain how this work illuminates your bibliography topic

Resources to help you create an annotated bibliography
   • Citing Sources: MLA - www.codlrc.org/citing/MLA
   • Online Bibliography Managers - www.codlrc.org/research/fundamentals/citing
   • How to Create an Annotated Bibliography - www.codlrc.org/citing/annotated

Additional Assistance

The Library and Speech Assistance Center are freely available resources on campus where you can get help with every step of preparing your presentations.
Ask a Librarian - www.codlrc.org/ask
   • Visit the Reference Desk
   • Schedule a research appointment
   • Email a librarian
   • Chat online

Speech Assistance Center
   • Schedule an appointment with a coach - in person or online
   • Watch Speech Assistance video tutorials
   • Attend a Speech Assistance workshop

What is an annotated bibliography?

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.

Annotations vs. Abstracts

Abstracts are the purely descriptive summaries often found at the beginning of scholarly journal articles or in periodical indexes. Annotations are descriptive and critical; they may describe the author's point of view, authority, or clarity and appropriateness of expression.

The Process

Creating an annotated bibliography calls for the application of a variety of intellectual skills: concise exposition, succinct analysis, and informed library research.

First, locate and record citations to books, periodicals, and documents that may contain useful information and ideas on your topic. Briefly examine and review the actual items. Then choose those works that provide a variety of perspectives on your topic.

Cite the book, article, or document using the appropriate style.

Write a concise annotation that summarizes the central theme and scope of the book or article. Include one or more sentences that (a) evaluate the authority or background of the author, (b) comment on the intended audience, (c) compare or contrast this work with another you have cited, or (d) explain how this work illuminates your bibliography topic.

Choosing the Correct Format for the Citations

Check with your instructor to find out which style is preferred for your class. Online citation guides for both the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Psychological Association (APA) styles are linked from the Library's Citation Management page.

Sample Annotated Bibliography Entry for a Journal Article

The following example uses APA style (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition, 2010) for the journal citation:

This example uses MLA style (MLA Handbook, 8th edition, 2016) for the journal citation:

Thank you for your creative ideas!

Share your ideas and win prizes

This semester we are hosting a contest to name the Academic Integrity information campaign and want your creative ideas for a tagline that the College can use when communicating the importance of honesty in all academic endeavors. The caption selected for the campaign will be used in advertising, publicity and informational materials for the College’s Academic Integrity initiative, slated to start this fall.

The first prize is a $1500 award that can be used towards tuition as well as in our bookstore. There will also be two $500 prizes awarded.

COD Academic Integrity Slogan Contest Official Rules and Regulations

Eligibility

The COD Academic Integrity Slogan Contest is open to students who are currently enrolled at College of DuPage. Only persons residing in the United States, or international students who are attending COD, who are at least 18 years of age or have parental consent can enter. Entrants must agree to all terms and conditions required by COD. The Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state, provincial/territorial, and local laws and is void where prohibited. All prizes and awards are includible in gross income (Code Sec. 74 (a); Reg. § 1.74-1(a)) and as such are taxable.

The following individuals are not eligible: COD employees and their immediate family members, contractors, COD Board members or anyone affiliated with the design, development, production or judging of the Contest. Entrants who do not meet the above eligibility requirements will be immediately disqualified.

How to Enter

To submit your ideas, complete the COD Academic Integrity Slogan Contest Entry Form and email as an attachment to academicintegrity@cod.edu [PDF] [Word]

We are looking for creative ideas from real students. We want to hear how you think we can best communicate the importance of academic integrity to the COD Community - students, faculty and staff. Once the entry form is completed and the entry is submitted, the entry is final and may not be modified or edited.

The Contest entry period begins Monday, August 21, 2017 and ends Friday, September 8, 2017. Submissions submitted after September 8, 2017 will not be considered.

By submitting an entry, the entrant agrees that the entry complies with all conditions stated in these official rules and regulations. College of DuPage will bear no legal liability, either expressed or implied, regarding the use of the entry by College of DuPage and shall be held harmless by the entrant in the event it is subsequently discovered that the entrant has departed from or not fully complied with any of the official rules.

Submission Requirements

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All ideas must be submitted using the PDF or Word form via e-mail. Ideas must follow the COD Code of Student Conduct and be appropriate for general public audiences.

You may submit as ideas as you like during the Contest submission period. Each idea can only be credited to one person; joint entries will not be accepted.

Submissions cannot infringe on the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity, moral rights, or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity. Determinations about the suitability of content based on this section shall be made by COD, in its sole discretion.

Any submission that does not meet each of these submission requirements may be disqualified.

Selection Procedures

Approved submissions will undergo review by the COD Academic Integrity Implementation Committee. In addition, selected ideas may be featured on other COD sites.

Winners will be notified by Wednesday, September 20, 2017.

One (1) Grand Prize Winner and two (2) Runners-up will be chosen from the finalists.

By Wednesday, September 20, 2017, the winners will be notified by email and/or phone. Any potential prize winner who cannot be contacted within ten (10) days of first attempted notification will forfeit his/her prize and an alternate may be selected.

Use of Submissions by COD

Each entrant, by submission of an entry, irrevocably grants COD and its affiliates, legal representatives, assignees, agents and licensees, the unconditional and perpetual right and permission to reproduce, encode, store, copy, transmit, publish, post, display, adapt, exhibit and/or otherwise use or reuse (without limitation as to when or to the number of times used), the entrant's submission and each element of the entrant's submission, in each case, as submitted or as edited/modified in any way by COD, in its sole discretion, as well as to use entrant's name, likeness, photograph (collectively, "Likeness"), and/or statements regarding his/her participation in this Contest (with or without using the entrant's name) for any purpose, without limitation as to time or territory, and without compensation or approval from the entrant or any other party. Entrant waives intellectual property rights, privacy/publicity rights or other legal or moral rights that might preclude COD's use of the entrant's submission or any element of the entrant's submission, and agrees not to sue or assert any claim against COD for the use of the idea or any element of the submission, title, description or entrant's Likeness or statements.

Disclaimers and Other Terms and Conditions of Contest

Each entrant agrees not to submit any entry that (1) infringes any 3rd party proprietary, intellectual property, industrial property, personal rights or other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret or confidentiality obligation; or (2) otherwise violates applicable law in any countries in the world. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each entrant indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified COD, its trustees, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives and assigns harmless at all times from and against any liability, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and expenses resulting from any act, default or omission of the participant and/or a breach of any warranty set forth herein. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each participant indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified COD, its trustees, agents, directors, officers, employees, representatives and assigns harmless at all times from and against any liability, actions, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and expenses for or in respect of which COD will or may become liable by reason of or related or incidental to any act, default or omission by a participant under these rules including without limitation resulting from or in relation to any breach, non-observance, act or omission whether negligent or otherwise, pursuant to these official rules by a participant.

To the extent permitted by law, the rights to litigate, to seek injunctive relief or to make any other recourse to judicial or any other procedure in case of disputes or claims resulting from or in connection with this Contest are hereby excluded, and any entrant expressly waives any and all such rights. Entrants agree that these rules are governed by the laws of the state of Illinois.

COD is not responsible for electronic transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operations or transmission. COD is not responsible for theft or destruction or unauthorized access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network, telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or limitations of any kind. COD is not responsible for inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive entry information by COD on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any Web site or any combination thereof. If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, disruption or termination of the Facebook website for any reason or any other causes which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Contest, COD reserves the right at its sole discretion to immediately cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest. COD reserves the right to select winners from eligible entries received as of the termination date. COD further reserves the right to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process. Any attempt by an entrant to deliberately damage any web site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is a violation of criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, and COD reserves the right to seek damages from any such entrant to the fullest extent of the law.

If any provision(s) of these rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.

Questions

Questions regarding this Contest should be directed to the Academic Integrity Implementation Committee at academicintegrity@cod.edu

Honors Thematic Focus website

Welcome, COD Students! Check out the calendar and list of resources for upcoming Honors Thematic Focus events. In the calendar, click on the event to view additional event information as well as links to associated supplemental resources, such as books and articles, online videos and bibliographies.

When viewing events on the calendar, be sure to click on upcoming months to view all events scheduled for the semester!

Stem Speakers Series: Neal Sales-Griffin, CEO at CodeNow

Friday, Sept. 15, 7pm – 9pm, HSC 1234

Neal Sales-Griffin is the CEO of CodeNow, a Y Combinator-backed nonprofit that hosts coding workshops for students from low-income backgrounds in six cities across the US. Before heading CodeNow, Sales-Griffin was the CEO of The Starter League, an institution determined "to teach everyone to code," with an innovative curriculum and strong alumni connections. He also serves as a coordinator to the non-profit International Game Developers Association (IGDA®) and is a faculty member for the Northwestern University Farley Center for entrepreneurship and Innovation. Sales-Griffin lends his mentorship to the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship.

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COD Faculty Panel Discussion. Topic: Communication

Thursday, Sept. 21, 1-3 p.m.

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STEM Speaker Series: TBA

Friday, Oct. 6, , 7-9 p.m.

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STEM Speaker Series Pauline Gagnon - Gigantic tools to explore the smallest particles

Friday, Nov. 3, 7-9 p.m. HSC1234

I was born in Chicoutimi in Quebec, Canada in 1955. As a young kid, I dreamt of understanding what were the fundamental constituents of matter. After teaching physics for a few years in local colleges, I fell in love, dropped everything and moved to California. There, I first studied at San Francisco State University then completed a PhD in particle physics at University of California in Santa Cruz. I then started my research activities at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics located near Geneva, where I worked as a Senior Research Scientist with Indiana University until I retired in 2016. From 2011-2014, I worked within the CERN Communication group, writing blogs for the Quantum Diaries and answering questions from numerous media worldwide. Explaining particle physics in simple and accessible terms has become my trademark. Since 2013, I have given more than sixty presentations to large audiences in seven countries. I hope my book will allow me to reach even larger audiences since particle physics is too much fun to leave it only to physicists!

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Colloquium: Students present their work in panel discussions, poster sessions, presentations

Tue, December 5, 2017 SSC 2201 Atrium

COD Faculty Panel Discussion: Topic: Between Utopia and Dystopia

Tues, Jan. 30 Time TBD

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STEM Speaker Series: Wes Ketchum

Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 7:00 p.m. HSC 1234

Wes Ketchum is a member of the MicroBooNE collaboration at FermiLab, and he has spent the last year working at CERN in Switzerland. In 2014, he won the Physics Slam with his presentation using Claymation to show how different particles interact inside a liquid-argon particle detector, depicting them as multicolored monsters bumping into one another and creating electrons for the detector’s sensors to pick up.

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STEM Speaker Series: Andy Jansen

Friday, March 9, 2018 7:00 p.m. HSC 1234

Andrew Jansen is a chemical engineer in Argonne’s Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division who plans and conducts goal-oriented research and development on advanced battery systems; providing technical guidance and program direction. His work includes evaluating developmental cells/batteries with an emphasis on cell chemistry and hardware development for lithium-based battery chemistries for transportation applications.

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Arts Lecture: Marissa Lee Benedictza

Thursday, March 22, 2018 11:00 a.m. MAC 205

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STEM Speaker Series: Ted Daeschler

Friday, April 20, 2018, 7:30 p.m. HSC 1234

Ted Daeschler is an American vertebrate paleontologist and Associate Curator and Chair of Vertebrate Biology at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. He is a specialist in fish paleontology, especially in the Late Devonian, and in the development of the first limbed vertebrates. He is the discoverer of the transitional fossil tetrapod Hynerpeton bassetti, and a Devonian fish-like specimen of Sauripterus taylorii with fingerlike appendages, and was also part of a team of researchers that discovered the transitional fossil Tiktaalik. He received a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. He has held recent research grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, and other donors. He is also known for his work on the preservation of natural history collections.

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STEM-CON Keynote Speaker: Emily Graslie

Saturday, April 28, 2018, 9:00 a.m. MAC

Emily Graslie is an American science communicator and YouTube educator. She started volunteering at the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum at the University of Montana in 2011 and graduated with a BFA in studio art/painting. Today, she is the writer, producer, co-creator and host of The Brain Scoop, an educational YouTube channel that explores behind-the-scenes of The Field Museum in order to share the work of scientists and the value of research collections with the world. She is now employed by The Field Museum as their first-ever Chief Curiosity Correspondent and was the keynote speaker at the Chicago March for Science on April 22, 2017.

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