Friday August 6, 2010

Surefire Methods And Research Techniques

Brought to you by
Texas A&M University-San Antonio’s University Library

 

 

This five part series of one hour workshops will assist
undergraduate and graduate students in the basics of conducting research and
preparing to write a research paper. 
Each course can be attended individually, or a student may choose to
attend all five sessions.  Those
who attend all five sessions will have their names entered into a prize
drawing.

 

Session 1 Beginning your research

   Types of
assignments, choosing a topic/creating a thesis, developing a search strategy,

   and types
of research resources

 

Session 2 Research using journals

   Types of
periodicals, databases, note-taking, selecting articles, and citing journal
articles

 

Session 3 Research using books and similar resources

   Locating
books, e-books, using bibliographies, evaluating sources, and citing books

 

Session 4 Internet resources

   Choosing
and evaluating Internet resources, citing websites, and review of research
sources

 

Session 5 Preparing to write

   Review
topic/thesis, organize sources, prepare outline, using your sources properly, style

   manuals,
and Smarthinking

 

 

All sessions will be held in Building A, Room 102 on the
main campus.

 

Sessions are offered on the following days and times:

 

Tuesday 5:30-6:30 pm on 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28, and 10/12

Wednesday 2:30-3:30 pm on 9/8, 9/15, 9/22, 9/29, and 10/13

Friday 5-6 pm on 9/10, 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, and 10/15