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American Indian Studies

Helpful Research Guides

  • Research Papers
    • This guide covers choosing a topic, choosing resources, as well as how to evaluate and organize the information.
  • Literature Review Research Guide
    • Literature reviews synthesize and analyze what has been written on a particular topic and identify gaps or disagreements in the scholarly work on that topic. Within a scholarly work, the literature review situates the current work within the larger scholarly conversation and emphasizes how that particular scholarly work contributes to the conversation on the topic. The literature review portion may be as brief as a few paragraphs focusing on a narrow topic area. 
  • Ethical Use of Sources in Writing
    • This guide addresses the subject of plagiarism for students and faculty in a more positive manner by empowering writers with knowledge to avoid common pitfalls. Referrals to other campus entities that support learning about this topic is included.
  • Instruments, Tests, and Measurements
    • Best locations to find these materials along with instructions for how to search for them
  • Citation Style Guide
    • There are multiple styles including MLA, APA and Chicago on this guide
  • Citation Managers Research Guide
    • Citation managers allow us to save, organize, and share articles and references. A few of the citation managers that the library promotes are Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote; EndNote is a subscription-based citation manager, Zotero and Mendeley are free to use.
    • The Zotero Research Guide will take you to the library's recommended choice.
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Two examples of Literature Reviews are: