Research Projects for College Students

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

• 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