POLT 403F – Politics Senior Honors: Research support

You can always ask us! Members of the Research and Instruction team are here to help you:

• In-person, at the Research Help Desk, or in a scheduled research appointment;
• Over chat—look for the "Ask Us" button on our website; 
• Via email, at reference@oberlin.edu; or
• On the telephone, at (440) 775-5031

Learn more on our website, under:
Services and Amenities > Services for All > Research Support

Here's how we'll spend our time today:

1. Introductions (5 min.)
   • We'll introduce ourselves, and I'll talk briefly about research support at the Libraries.
2. Topic discussion (10 min.)
   • We'll go over your topics, and establish any questions about the research process that you hope to explore in this session.
3. What to do: Literature review (10 min.)
   • We'll talk about the literature review, the expectations for honors research, and an overview of the resources available to you and the strategies you might use.
4. Stay organized: Citation management (10 min.)
   • We'll explore citation management tools and software; each of you will select a tool to try out during this session. 
     • Exercise: Setting up citation management
5. How to look: Strategies (20min.)
   • We'll talk about strategies you can use to identify and evaluate resources.
6. Where to look: Resources (20min.)
   • We'll explore some of the resources that can be particularly useful in your research; you'll practice implementing the search and evaluation strategies we've discussed.
     • Exercise: Finding a book . . .