Instruction and Class Guides

CAS Writing Program WR 150 LIBRARY SUPPORT.

Basic Sources

• Boston University Libraries. Research Guide. "Guide to Library Research." http://www.bu.edu/library/guides/guidetoresearch.html
  
• Boston University Libraries. "Notes on Using the Mugar Library Web Site for Research." http://www.bu.edu/library/instruction/mugarwebsite2.htm

Assignment Sequence for WR 150

Please use the sources provided in each unit in subsequent units as needed. For example, "Library Research at Cornell" found in Unit I provides research assistance throughout all five units.

Unit I. Working with Primary and Secondary Sources:

Primary and Secondary Readings:

• University of Toronto Library. "Information Skills Tutorial : Primary Research." http://www.library.utoronto.ca/gerstein/tutorial/primary_research1.html
  
• University of Maryland Library. "Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources."
  http://www.lib.umd.edu/UES/primary-sources.html

Research:

• Cornell University Library. "Library Research at Cornell: A Hypertext Guide. Seven Steps to Effective Library Research." http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill1.htm
  
  
• The Internet Public Library. "A+ Research and Writing Step by Step."
  http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/stepfirst.htm
  
  
• University of Maryland University College. Information and Library Services. "Research Skills Tutorial." http://www.umuc.edu/library/tutor/mod1.html

Critical Evaluation of Secondary Source Material:

• Cornell University Library. "Critically Analyzing Information Sources."
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm
  
  
• Cornell University Library. "Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals." http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill20.html

Evaluation of Web Sources:

• Cornell University Library. "Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools."
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html
  
  
• University at Albany Libraries. "Evaluating Internet Resources."
  http://library.albany.edu/internet/evaluate.html
  
  
• University of South Carolina Beaufort Library. "Evaluating Web Pages."
  http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/lesson5.html

Quotation Technique:

• Hamilton College. Writing Center. "Form for Quotations and Citations."
  http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/Resource/WC/quotations.html
  
  
• University of Wisconsin-Madison. Writing Center. "Quoting and Paraphrasing."
  http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/QuoPunctuating.html

Proper Documentation of Sources:

• Boston University Libraries. Reference Shelf. Language, Grammar, and Citing Resources.
  http://www.bu.edu/library/refshelf/language.htm

Unit II. A Lens Essay:

Critical Evaluation of Secondary Source Material:

• Cornell University Library. "Critically Analyzing Information Sources."
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm

Unit III. Annotated Bibliography:

Annotated Bibliography:

• Cornell University Library. "How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography."
  http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill28.htm
  
  
• St. Cloud State University. "LEO: Literacy Education Online: Annotated Bibliography"
  http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/annotated.html
  
  
• University of Wisconsin-Madison. Writing Center. "Academic Writing: Annotated Bibliography." http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html

Unit IV. Shorter Research Paper:

Oral Presentation:

• University of St. Thomas Learning Center. "Organizing & Presenting Classroom Projects." http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/orgstr3.htm
  
  
• University of South Carolina. "Oral Report Guidelines."
  http://www.stat.sc.edu/~grego/courses/stat704/oral.report.html
  
  
• University of Wisconsin-Madison. Computer Sciences Department. "Oral Presentation Advice." http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~markhill/conference-talk.html

Revision:

• Hamilton College. Writing Center. "Revision: From First to Final Draft."
  http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/Resource/WC/revision.html

Unit V. Longer Research Paper:

Prospectus:

• University of Colorado at Boulder. "Writing Your Research Prospectus." http://www.colorado.edu/InternatlAffairs/iafs1000/Recitation/prospectus.html

 

Mary McGowan & Jim Skpeck, librarians