First Year Fundamentals
Offered by Librarians, this is a program to address common academic research questions experienced by First Year Students.
Drop in to Lamont Library, Room B-30 to get an edge on your academic study skills!
Your First Research Paper at Harvard: Discovering Sources in HOLLIS
- Date:
- Monday, September 30, 2019
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Location:
- Lamont Library
- Audience:
- Students
Peer-Reviewed Sources: The Basics for New Students
Your First Research Paper at Harvard: Discovering Sources in HOLLIS
Your First Research Paper at Harvard: Discovering Sources in HOLLIS
- Date:
- Monday, October 21, 2019
- Time:
- 7:30pm - 8:30pm
- Location:
- Lamont Library
- Audience:
- Students
- Categories:
- Workshop
I Can Do That With Twitter? Using Social Media in Your Research Projects
- Date:
- Thursday, November 7, 2019
- Time:
- 7:30pm - 8:30pm
- Location:
- Lamont Library
Past Sessions
Reading Toward Research Topics: First Year Fundamentals @ Lamont
When a research topic is wide open and you're brand new to the subject of a course, how do you begin to "read" toward a topic?
- When you've got a narrower assignment, how do you make sense of it?
- When a research topic seems less than engaging, how should you cope?
We’ll discuss these scenarios, identify good strategies for reading well and strategically, and we'll suggest ways to keep track of the ideas that catch your attention.
In 60 minutes, you'll be on your way to smarter research . . . weeks before you actually start to research!
Your first semester is all about cracking codes, including those related to the research projects you’ll be assigned.
- What does your professor mean by “primary” and “secondary” sources, for example, and why is she requiring them?
- What are the features of “scholarly” books?
- Why do we care so much about “authority” here?
- Does “data” mean numbers? Something else? Something more?
- What’s common (and different) about research articles that are written in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities?
This interactive 1-hour workshop will help you decode the kinds of knowledge “genres” you’ll be encountering again and again as a student.