Japanese (Post)imperialism in Southeast Asia: Home

 In today's session we will cover:

* Using the Library Catalog to locate resources
* Identifying useful databases and finding articles
* Requesting items not held by CUL
* Expose yourself to topic summaries, key concepts and terminology using reference sources
* Interpreting citations and knowing how to search for the materials they represent

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   A vast world of resources, available through CUL

You have been assigned to write a research paper investigating some aspect of Japanese imperialism in Southeast Asia.  You need to find your own topic. (Sound familiar?) 

1) How would you go about looking for an engaging topic? [Note: you'll be spending hours on this, so it'll really help if you pick a topic that you'll enjoy.]

2) How would you know if that topic is viable for a research paper? 

3) Where would you begin your investigations?

4) What keywords would you use for searching the internet, the library catalog, and CUL's databases?

Assignment:

Part 1: Find a full-length book related to your topic.  (Note: Don't ignore full-length books simply because you may not have time to read them in full.  You can use a table of contents and/or index to focus in on areas of interest, and/or skim the introduction to get a sense of the field of research and the book's place in it.  Raid the bibliographies/footnotes of recent books to identify additional authors and materials.)

Part 2: Identify a quality database that you can search for scholarly articles.

Part 3: Expand/refine your keywords after trying out various searches

Part 4: Find one scholarly article on your topic.

                  Dan McKee

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