As experienced researchers, you all bring a wide range of skills and practices to your individual projects and our collective workspace. To guide our discussion and foster cooperative learning, we will collaboratively generate a list of our top research tactics (e.g. go-to tools, search strategies, methods for staying organized, etc.). This list will remain accessible for you to refer to it throughout the semester.
Add your Top 5 Research Tactics to the Padlet below!
Start with these resources recommended by Prof. MacBain.
Abby Williams Hill and the Lure of the West by 
Citizen Indians: Native American Intellectuals, Race, and Reform by 
Going Native: Indians in the American Cultural Imagination by 
How to Read a Diary: critical contexts and interpretive strategies for 21st-century readers by 
Literary Indians: Aesthetics and Encounter in American Literature to 1920 by 
Playing Indian by 
Selecting the best or most appropriate finding aid for identifying sources depends almost entirely on the context of your research project. Start with these subject databases and branch out as needed.
These e-journal collections provide access to many journals in the humanities, but they are more limited in coverage compared to subject databases. In most cases, it's better to search subject databases to identify articles, and then search the journal title in Primo to link to the materials in these e-journal collections.
An interdisciplinary journal archive. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. Includes the Artstor image collections.
Try these strategies to become a better, more efficient searcher -- and help you find articles that you can actually use:
If your article is not available at Collins Library, you've got another option for getting it. Use Tipasa, our interlibrary loan service.
Tipasa is linked to your library account so you'll need to log in to use it.
Once you are logged in, either go directly to Tipasa and manually enter the information, or, if you're using a database, look for a shortcut link to automatically fill out the form:
Allow at least a week for the article to come. If your article is delivered in electronic format, you'll receive an email with a link to follow as soon as it's arrived.
