The University of Kansas Libraries

						University of Kansas Libraries Department for Spain, Portugal and Latin America

• Course Description & Objectives
• Syllabus
• Subject Bibliographies

Reader's Guide to Latin American Studies

Government Documents:

• Strategies for Finding International Documents (Jana Krentz)
• International Documents Finding Guide (Jana Krentz)
• Non-Governmental Organizations Research Guide (Duke University, Perkins Library)
• Non-Governmental Organizations Page (UT-LANIC)




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)
  
• Evaluating 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:

• Performing Effective Searches in Electronic Databases (UMW Libraries)
• 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)
  • MLA Citation Style Simplified (University of Maryland University College Information and Library Services)