Student Resources
Writing Center Handouts
Entering Scholarly Conversations: How to Use Sources to Say Something New
- 8 Strategies for Critically Engaging Secondary Sources ([PDF] adapted by Gaipa
- Motivating Moves [PDF] by Walk
- They Say I Say Templates [PDF] by Graff and Birkenstein
Elements of Academic Writing and Research
The Literature Review by Scott
Titles
Thesis Statements (PDF) by Scott
Research Topics and Questions
- From Topic to Question by Scott
- Is My Research Topic Interesting? by Scott
Structure - Reverse Outline by Scott
- Senior Thesis Resources
Citation Manuals:
Citation Short Guides:
More Student Writing Resources
- Writing Tips & Tricks from Your Pitzer Professors: Short Videos Across the Disciplines
- What Good Writers Know: Yale College Writing Center
- Eight Strategies for Critically Engaging with Sources: Mark Gaipa, Pedagogy.
- Five Ways of Looking at a Thesis Statement: Erik Simpson, University of Michigan
- Brief Guides to Writing in the Disciplines (History, Philosophy, English, and Psychology): Harvard Writing Project
- A Student’s Guide to Reading and Writing in Social Anthropology (PDF): Depart. of Anthropology, Harvard University
- Writing Sociology [PDF]: Rebekah P. Massengill, Princeton University
- Writing the Scientific Paper: Writing Studio, Colorado State University
- Scientific Reports [PDF] (brief overview): University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
- Model Papers from the Disciplines: Yale College Writing Center
- Writing in the Sciences: Pomona College Writing Center
- Pitzer Academic Support Services: a resource for academic success, including study groups, one-on-one tutoring in the disciplines, and disability services.
- Scholarship@Claremont: Scholarship@Claremont is an online repository that provides opportunities for Claremont Colleges faculty and students to promote their scholarship, such as senior theses and projects.
- Guidelines: This LibGuide outlines the process of uploading theses, school-specific policies, copyright concerns, etc.
- Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Politics, Economics, and World Affairs: “a student-run journal that publishes integrative work from undergraduates three times a year in the Fall, Winter and Spring.”
- Undergraduate Research Journals: a list of journals from across the disciplines
- Valley Humanities Review: “an online journal devoted to undergraduate research in the humanities.”
- Booth, Wayne, Gregory Colomb, and Joseph Williams. The Craft of Research. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
- Harris, Joseph. Re-Writing: How To Do Things With Texts. Logan: Utah State University Press, 2006.
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