History

Learning Objectives: 

Students will learn how to

1. Use internet and library search tools differently
2. Explore reference works and multidisciplinary databases
3. "Read" a bibliography

Learning Objectives:

Students will learn how to

1. Identify resources for primary and secondary historical sources
2. Craft efficient search strategies for those tools
3. Use a citation manager to organize the sources they find

Learning Objectives:

Students will learn how to

1. Describe the authority of sources
2. Characterize sources' relevance to a research project

Learning Objectives:

Students will 

1. Discuss the value of a citation style
2. Practice writing footnotes and bibliographies

Learning Objectives:

Students will learn how to

1. Discover the range of holdings comprising Monroe Library's Special Collections & Archives
2. Conduct basic archival research using the above collections
3. Interact with select primary documents from the above collections