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LAA
700: Introduction to Latin American Library Resources
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Course
Description: "A
survey of bibliographic and reference sources for research on Latin
America in the humanities and social sciences. Designed to prepare
students for library research at the seminar, thesis, or dissertation
level. Prerequisite: Junior standing, reading knowledge of Spanish
or Portuguese." --KU Graduate School Catalog 2007-2009 |
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Course Description & Objectives
Reader's Guide to Latin American Studies
Government Documents:
- Directory of Development Organizations – list by country.
- Global Policy Forum - NGOs
- International Documents Finding Guide (Jana Krentz)
- International Government Organizations (Duke University Libraries)
- Latin American NGOs
- NGO Database (United Nations)
- NGO Research Guide - World Bank and NGOs (Duke University Libraries)
- Non-governmental Organizations Research Guide (Duke University Libraries)
- Non-Governmental Organizations Page (UT-LANIC)
- Selected Bibliography of US Government and International Documents on Latin America and the Caribbean
- Strategies for Finding International Documents (Jana Krentz)
How to Evaluate a Web Site:
- ICYouSee:
T is for Thinking. A Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on
the World Wide Web (Ithaca College Library)
- Evaluate Web Pages (Widener University)
- GB Online's Mesoamerica
- Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? (UCLA College Library)
- ICYouSee Guide to Critical Thinking: Classroom Activity
- Mankato, Minnesota Home Page
- Martin Luther King Jr. - A True historical Examination
- Mesoweb
- New Hartford, Minnesota
- Oceana: Protecting our Oceans
- Peak Oil: a Web Site Evaluation Assignment (Ithaca College Library)
- Pop Quiz on Web Site Evaluation (Ithaca College Library)
- Teaching Web Page Evaluation Using Hoax Sites (Sam Houston State University)
- The King Center
- Search Engine Showdown: The Users' Guide to Web Searching
Research and Information Analysis:
- How to Critically Analyzing Information Sources (Cornell)
- The Seven Steps of the Research Process (Cornell)
Developing a Research Question:
- Developing a Research Question (Empire State College)
- Intro to Library Research (University of Washington Information Literacy Learning)
- How to Narrow or Broaden Your Topic (UCLA College Library)
- Formulating a Research Question (pdf)
- Doing Research....Search (Memorial University Libraries)
- Worksheets
- The Researcher's Notebook (Jana Krentz)
Effective Keyword Searching:- Keyword Search Techniques (Trent University)
- Advanced Keyword Searching (Cañada College)
- Tutorials
- Mechanics of Keyword Searching (American University Library)
How to find Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources
- Primary Vs. Secondary Sources (Bowling Green State University)
- Primary and Secondary Sources (Ithaca College Library)
- Finding Primary Sources (Wesleyan University Library)
- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources (pdf)
The Annotated Bibliography:
- How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography (Cornell University Library)
- Writing An Annotated Bibliography (University of Central Florida, Writing Center)
- How to Write Annotated Bibliographies (Memorial University Libraries)
MLA Bibliographic Format:
- Documentation
- Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format (This site created by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue University has many links to MLA format sites.)
- Citing Electronic Resources - MLA (Middlebury College)
- Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style (Modern Language Association)
- MLA Documentation (University of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center)
- Citation Styles Handbook: MLA (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Tutorials
- MLA Citation Style Tutorial (Indiana State University Library)
- MLA Style Citation Tutorial (Franklin Pierce College)
- Citation Resources (University of Maryland University College Information and Library Services)
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