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Common Types of Sources for College Research Projects: An Introduction to Academic “Genres” for First Years

Monday, September 23, 2019, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Lamont Library
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Your first semester is all about cracking codes, including those related to the research projects you’ll be assigned. 

 

  • What does your professor mean by “primary” and “secondary” sources, for example, and why is she requiring them?
  • What are the features of “scholarly” books?
  • Why do we care so much about “authority” here?
  • Does “data” mean numbers? Something else? Something more?
  • What’s common (and different) about research articles that are written in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities?

 

This interactive 1-hour workshop will help you decode the kinds of knowledge “genres” you’ll be encountering again and again as a student here.

 

Sue Gilroy, Lamont Research Librarian, will be leading the workshop.  Join us in Lamont B30.

Registration required.  Limited to 20 students.

 

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