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A research tip from a friendly neighborhood librarian! 

I want to introduce you to the wonderful world of subject librarians and Libguides. 

I’m sure it’s common knowledge that scholars and writers have academic specialties. The same is true for subject librarians! Most libraries use a tool called Libguides to amass and describe resources on a given topic, course, work, person, etc. (I use them for everything. All hail Libguides.) These resources can include: print and ebooks, databases, journals, full-text collections, films/video, leading scholars, data visualizations, recommended search terms, archival collections, digital collections, reliable web resources, oral histories, and professional organizations. 

So, consider that somewhere out there in the world, there may be a librarian with a subject specialty on the topic you’re writing on, and this librarian may have made a libguide for it. 

Are you writing about vampires? 

Duquesne University has a guide on Dracula

University of Northern Iowa: Monsters and Religion

Fontbonne University has a particularly good one on Monsters, Ghosts, and Mysteries

Washington University in St. Louis: a course guide on Monsters and Strangeness 

How about poverty? 

Michigan State: Poverty and Inequality with great recommended terms and links to datasets 

Notre Dame: a multimedia guide on Poverty Studies.

Do you need particular details about how medicine or hygiene was practiced in early 20th century America?

UNC Chapel Hill: Food and Nutrition through the 20th Century (with a whole section on race, gender, and class)

Brown University: Primary Sources for History of Health in the Americas

Duke University: Ad*Access, a digital collection of advertisements from the early 20th century, with a section on beauty and hygiene  

You can learn about Japanese Imperial maps, the American West, controlled vocabularies, Crimes against art and art forgeries, anti-Catholicism, East European and Eurasian vernacular languages, geology, vaudeville, home improvement and repairs, big data, death and dying, and conspiracy theories.

Because you’re searching library collections, you won’t have access to all the content in the guides, and there will probably be some link rot (dead links), but you can still request resources through your own library with interlibrary loan, or even request that your library purchase the resources! Even without the possibility of full-text access, libguides can give you the words, works, people, sites, and collections to improve your research.

Search [your topic] + libguide and see what you get!

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07.12.19 // rare and exciting photographic evidence of me preemptively studying. (writing in pencil is underrated)

listening to: adore you by harry styles 

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[day 49/100 days of productivity]

After a brief run this morning, I went to the pharmacy (which was... closed). I spent most of my day taking care of Kate (my brother's cat). I really like her but I'm sooo allergic and I didn't get to have my pills. I finished watching the drama Love Alarm which was good but also... What the heck is this ending? I hope to have a season 2 asap! I bought The Little Prince and wrote letters for a friend in South Korea.

now watching: love alarm

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11.11

My kitten keeps me company during the long hours of studying.

How do you cope with the stress of school?

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December 2, 2019

Long time no talk :’) Haven’t been active at all this quarter (my apologies!) because I’ve had a really chaotic quarter with a lot of life changes. Had some really high highs and some really low lows – I would definitely rank fall 2019 as my most dramatic quarter yet. Fun, tumultuous, emotional, all of the above

I also haven’t really been studying much (the photos above are from summer MCAT studying) because of the chaos that is the rest of my life. Surprisingly though, I’ve been doing fairly well in my classes so maybe I’m finally learning how to work smarter and not harder. I’ve had to write more papers this quarter than any other, and I have rediscovered my hidden talent of pulling papers out of nowhere the night before they’re due HAHA

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[day 50/100 days of productivity]

Half way there! I went on a ten-kilometers run this morning with my dad. The road is getting really muddy at this time of the year. In this afternoon, I reorganized my stuff and studied my rhetoric commentary. I will continue to work this evening while watching The Hobbit (still in company of my brother's cat).

now watching: the hobbit, the battle of the five armies

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I spent today in the library - got a lot done which was a relief!! I’m going on a cruise in a few weeks and I have 2 essays and a test due while we’re on the boat, so I’m trying to get a head start on that. I’m also trying to organise everything at work for when I’m on leave, which is a huge job. I’m also having a mad flare up at the moment which is probably due to stress and exhaustion but hey. Gotta do what you gotta do 😴

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100 Days of Productivity #6

October 27, 2019 | Day 36/100

I have my History Ext exam tomorrow, and I wasn’t as productive as I hoped to be today. So I’m planning on waking up early tomorrow to fit in a few hours of revision before the exam! (Will start off with 3hrs of revision for Topic 1, then 4 hrs of revision for Topic 2!)

I’m so nervous for the upcoming week — I’ve got four exams (three of those are jammed into two days!) on the agenda. The upside is that I’ll be done so soon! Can’t wait!!!

Insta @ isthisnametakenyet

Goodreads @ isthisnametakenyet

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| 7 december 2019 |

6/100 days of productivity

trying to finish all the math notes so I have them all for finals, here's some of them. I spent a good couple hours in the library *I didn't do all these today* Also I walked for a good hour so I think that helped with my anxiety. I also bought 2 books today! I'm gonna start reading one now.

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i’ve been so busy lately but i’m back with some content: @ennui-evasion december challenge days 5-6

Keep reading

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11.13.19

One last look over my organic chemistry notes before the exam tonight!

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i’m going to film another college chats video after i get my early decision results. what questions about my college application process would you like me to answer in that video? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ posted on Instagram - https://ift.tt/2YrUGcs

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What a day! I’m so exhausted to be honest 😩 also, here in Chile it’s almost summer and my allergies are killing me, no jk

Hope everyone have a good week ♥️

ig: study_ambitious

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180903 // revamping my studyblr and study gram. mostly doing it to motivate myself this school year :)

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concept: i finish my bachelors and pursue a masters. i spend my afternoon in a local cafe studying where the barista already knows my order. i spend my evenings at the kitchen table in my apartment writing. my cat is asleep on the windowsill overlooking the city skyline. i am happy and content with my life and my studies.

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studyblr asks (feel free to add to the list)

What year are you?

What’s your major/what do you think you want to major in?

If applicable, what is your thesis about?

Do you think you picked the right major?

Ultimate educational goals?

Career goals?

Do you think your goals are realistic?

What classes are you taking right now?

Favorite class out of everything you’ve ever taken and why?

Least favorite class ever and why?

Current favorite class and why?

Current least favorite class and why?

Favorite STEM field?

Favorite humanities subject?

Class that you’ve always wanted to take but never had the chance?

Do you use caffeine and if so how much daily?

What’s your preferred method of taking in caffeine?

Have you ever tried study drugs?

Are you a homework-in-the-morning kind of person?

Do you listen to music while you study?

Crowded area or quiet place?

What’s your preferred writing implement?

Do you need to work out before you can study well?

Describe your perfect study environment.

Are you procrastinating right now?

What was the last thing you procrastinated?

Are you a perfectionist?

Do you like easy classes or do you feel bad if you’re not working hard?

Are you a good test taker?

What are you the proudest of out of all the assignments you’ve ever had?

Do you talk to your teachers/professors a lot?

Describe your favorite teacher/professor and why you like them.

Describe your least favorite teacher/professor and why you dislike them.

Have you ever thought about becoming a teacher/professor?

Most profound thing ever said to you by a teacher/professor?

Best feedback you’ve ever gotten on something academic?

Worst study habit and how are you working on it?

Are you an in-class fidgeter?

How’s your handwriting?

Write “the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” and post a photo.

Neat or messy notes?

A lot of notes or the bare minimum?

Post a photo/scan of your notes from your favorite class.

Are you a doodler?

Post a photo of your doodles if you have any.

Do you have pre-test rituals and what are they?

Are you a tangent-question asker?

Do you make jokes in class?

How many hours do you spend on academics per day?

What’s something more important to you than school?

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When STEM people have fun.