Research Projects for College Students

What to Write Across the Curriculum

Inbunden, Engelska, 1988

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Beskrivning

This book helps college instructors in all disciplines design library research projects that students will enjoy writing, and faculty will enjoy reading. It is a librarian's contribution to the literature of the Writing Across the Curriculum movement. The ideas and techniques presented are offered not as prescriptions, but as starting points for the construction of projects to meet the needs and use the resources of a wide range of curricula, students, faculty, and libraries. The book helps instructors desing appropriate undergraduate library research projects with specific practical suggestions for selecting and assigning topics and for fully utilizing available library resources. The author also suggests meaningful ways to teach scholarly documentation, and to design plagiarism-proof assignments. Appendices include tips for grading research papers, sample research worksheets, and a sample selection of topics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1988-07-28
Mått:161 x 240 x 13 mm
Vikt:405 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:152
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9780313251498

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

MARILYN LUTZKER, Professor in the Library at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Introduction Objectives for Research Assignments Structuring the Assignment and Choosing the Topic The Library Connection Teaching Scholarly Documentation The Undergraduate Researcher and Primary Sources Primary Sources: Newspapers and Magazines of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries: Archives, Annual Reports, Collections, Statistical Sources, Slave Narratives Legal Sources Biographical Sources Visual Sources Presenting the Research: A Variety of Formats for Undergraduate Writers Appendix A: A Selection of Topics: Headline Events of the 19th Century; Headline Events of the 20th Century; Subjects for Biographical Research Appendix B: Periodicals Indexes in the Nineteenth Century Century Reader's Guide which are part of the American Periodicals Series Appendix C: Selected Special Interest Periodicals Which Are Included in the American Periodicals Series Appendix D: Sample Research Worksheets Appendix E: Tips for Easier Grading of Student Research, by Shirley Schnitzer and Patricia Licklider Indexes