ASRC 1859-How to Write About Africa: Welcome to CUL

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In this class we'll cover:

• Developing a Research Plan
  • Creating useful strategies to effectively perform research at Cornell 
• Finding Books
  • Distinguishing between Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary
  • Find items held at Cornell (books, journal holdings, etc.)
• Finding Articles
  • Find articles, essays, book chapters and monographs
• Requesting items not available at Cornell
  • BorrowDirect, Interlibrary Loan and ScanIt
• Evaluating your sources
  • Some tips on how to evaluate the sources you've found
• Citing your sources
  • Guides and Resources for preparing your bibliography
  • The dangers of Artificial Intelligence and Chat GPT
• Getting Help
  • Ask a Librarian!

See the Library's Introduction to Research web page for more tips and strategies.

Patricia Abraham is a former graduate of the Africana Center and elated to return as the Assistant Librarian at the John Henrik Clarke Africana Library. Among many other roles, she is a liaison for the library, specializing in collection development, reference, and research, so feel free to reach out with questions!