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HIST 100: Commonwealth (Fall 2025)
What is a "Good" Secondary Source?
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HIST 100: Commonwealth (Fall 2025)
Introduction
Timelines and Digital Humanities
Session Outline 9/23/25
Overview of Library Services & Resources
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How do we have so many Resources?
Libraries Undergraduate Library Research Awards
Evaluating Sources (Activity)
Primary VS Secondary Sources
Secondary Sources
What is Peer Review?
Types of Sources
What is a "Good" Secondary Source?
AND OR NOT (Boolean)
Books
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Worldcat: Accessing books we don't own
Analyzing, Summarizing, and Critiquing a Book
Articles
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Article Tips
How to order articles we don't own?
Analyzing, Summarizing, and Critiquing an Article
Primary Sources
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Not sure where to start? Use the catalog!
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Citation
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Zotero
Stuck or need help? No problem!
Questions to Consider
Consider:
Who wrote the source?
When? Is it outdated?
What is their methodology / sources?
Who is the audience?
Who is the publisher?
Is their argument convincing?
Is the article/book related to your paper?
Does this source directly relate to your argument and add to your work?
Example search in Catalog
Subject search for virginia AND history AND colonial
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