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This guide will take you through the research process step by step. Whether you are having trouble finding what you need in the library, wondering what your professor means by "Scholarly Resources", or just want to make your academic research and writing easier, get it done with the guide!
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The Annotated Bibliography Assignment will give you the opportunity to flex your research muscles. Though each professor will adapt the topic and requirements of the assignment to best serve the learning outcomes and activities within your particular IDST 1301 seminar course, all students will create a list of citations from a variety of resources and use the following criteria to form annotations for each resource.
Most Annotated Bibliography assignments require at least one "primary source" to be included along with more familiar resources like books and articles. Primary source materials are first-hand, raw, unfiltered and uninterpreted items that document history, often created around the time an event occurred. More information on primary sources can be found in our History guide HERE.
These online collections and digital libraries contain thousands of primary resources such as photographs, letters, documents, film, and newspapers:
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) - This database points to primary and historical resource collections all over the United States and is one of the largest digital library projects in the world, leveraging the efforts of libraries, museums, and universities across the nation to create one comprehensive and searchable resource for American history.
Library of Congress Digital Collections - Primary resources from the United States' national library collections, including the Chronicling America: Historic American Newspaper project.
Smithsonian Libraries - Selected images, art, and ephemera from over 20 Smithsonian libraries and museums.
The Portal to Texas History - Similar to DPLA, this projects brings together historical collections from all over Texas, images and other primary resources from Schreiner University Archives are included in this resource.
UK Gazette Archive - Digital issues of the London, Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazettes going back to 1665.
How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography a guide from Cornell University Library
Annotated Bibliographies helpful tips from the OWL at Purdue
What's an Annotated Bibliography? YouTube short video introducing the parts of this assignment
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Reacting to the Past (RTTP) consists of elaborate games, set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas. Class sessions are run entirely by students; instructors advise and guide students and grade their oral and written work. It seeks to draw students into the past, promote engagement with big ideas, and improve intellectual and academic skills.
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Library Archives are a unique resource on campus for learning more about the history of our school and the local community. Featured Collections are online in the Portal to Texas History and in the library cases by the Scarle-Philips room.
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