Arts 130: Just a Game? Sports and Society: University level research

Doing research at the university level is unlike the research you have done before.  As such, it will require us to pay attention to the research process as we have not before.

Did you know? Most catalogues and scholarly databases don’t use the same search language as search engines like Google. In fact, many require specifically crafted search questions. 

So what? The skills that you have developed previously will have limited application in the academic sphere. You will need to spend more time preparing to search than you have had to before. 

Did you know? Scholars talk to each other and build on each other’s work. This an important part of the reason why referencing is so important.  It can be hard to tell when you need to cite a source and even more so when you need to go outside course material to support your argument.

So what? In university, your ability to select quality sources of information and to then use those sources to inform and support your thoughts, arguments, and work will be central to your success as a student. Consequently, you must levy much more scrutiny and thought into which sources you bring into your work.   

Did you know? As a university student you are a participant in scholarly communication. Maybe so far you have just been the recipient of knowledge creation and communication, but as you progress through this class and this degree you will be asked not only to receive information but to seek it out, to respond to it, to judge it and, inevitably CREATE it. 

SO? We better get good at navigating our way through academic information.  The Library is here to help.

Below you will find links to access some of the core Library services.