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HSS4: Irish Modernisms

This page is a curated collection of resources for students enrolled in Kit Nicholls' 2023 Irish Modernisms course. Looking for a resource you can't find here? Reach out to library@cooper.edu or mary.mann@cooper.edu for assistance!

RESEARCH IS...

 

A process of assessment: ​

re-searching through what you’ve found to determine ​

what’s superfluous, ​

what’s missing ​

& what requires more thought​!

RESEARCH TOOLS

EVALUATING SOURCES

The CRAAP test is a handy short-hand for evaluating sources. When considering whether a source is appropriate to use, check the following:

  • Currency - the timeliness of the information
  • Relevance - the importance of the information for your needs
  • Authority - the source of the information
  • Accuracy - the reliability of the information
  • Purpose - the reason the information exists

 

ORGANIZING RESEARCH

Do your future self a favor! Keep track of your research:

  • Start a document, and whenever you find a source, put it there - whether it's a link to a website, title of a book, etc.
  • Taking notes? Put them in the same document, noting what you were reading/watching when you took them
  • When you sit down to write your paper, viola!, you'll already have a lot of material to work with

 

CITING RESEARCH

Purdue Owl provides style guides for citation, as well as material on quoting and paraphrasing your research sources, and how to avoid plagiarism: owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/resources.html

Reception of George Francis Train by the Fenian Brotherhood, 1869, Voices From the Great Hall

100th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. 2016. Voices From the Great Hall

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