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CITATION/REFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Follow-up workshops are offered by the Harvard College Writing Program and the Harvard College Libraries.   You are invited to attend any or all of them.  The workshops are designed to help you learn more about how to conduct  research,  how to use library resources,  and how to cite your sources in your writing.

WORKSHOP  1:

Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009
4:15-5:15 pm

Thompson Room,
Barker Center

GETTING STARTED

Find out about essential and efficient strategies for starting out on a research paper, including how to decode a paper assignment, how to plan your stages of research and drafting, and how best to use Harvard College Library's vast online resources to locate credible sources. 

WORKSHOP  2:

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
4:15-5:15 PM

Sever Hall 102

EVALUATING AND USING YOUR SOURCES

Learn about how to evaluate sources once you've gathered them for a research paper, and how to integrate source material into your own paper without accidentally plagiarizing. You'll hear tips on how to assess which sources are most relevant to your paper, how to determine the role each source may play in your argument, and how to summarize, paraphrase, and quote effectively.    

WORKSHOP  3:

Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009
and
Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009

4-6 pm

Lamont Forum Room

WRITING CENTER DROP-IN CITATION CLINICS

Do you have questions about when and how to integrate sources into your paper and cite them?  Come to the Writing Center's drop-in clinics and get advice from Writing Center tutors.   

 

TO REGISTER:

IN PERSON.  There will be a registration table outside the panel event on November 4th (see above).
EMAIL.  Register by emailing expos@fas.harvard.edu.  Include in the body of your email your first and last name and which workshop you wish to attend (name and date of workshop). We will send you a confirmation e-mail.

Spaces are limited, so do register soon!

 

RESOURCES TO SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR WORK

HARVARD COLLEGE WRITING PROGRAM
http://www.harvard.edu/~expos

Your main resource for undergraduate writing, including:
· links to  Harvard’s official guides to Writing with Sources and Writing with Internet Sources  
·
 information about the Writing Center (for individual conferences with peer writing tutors)
· contact information for  the Departmental Writing Fellows and House Writing Tutors
· Writing Guides for a wide range of courses, disciplines, and departments
· information about Expos
· and much more!

HARVARD LIBRARIES
http://lib.harvard.edu 

Your main resource for research and reference, including:
· resources for your research paper or project
· answers to your research questions - in person at our Reference Desks, by email, or IM 
· research advice from one of our subject specialists 
· helpful research guides 
· workshops to help you work faster, smarter, better
· and much more!

BUREAU OF STUDY COUNSEL
http://www.bsc.harvard.edu

Your center for academic and personal development, including:
· peer tutoring in undergraduate courses
· the Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies
· workshops, discussion groups, and individual counseling on issues related to student life and learning
· self-help materials in the Cranium Corner library at the Bureau and the Self-Help section  of the website
· and much more!

See also: WRITING AND SPEAKING RESOURCES AT HARVARD
http://writing.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do