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Research Skills Tutorial
“Adams Corner – Schulhaus 2opens in a new window” by Wolfgang Sauber – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0opens in a new window via Commonsopens in a new window.
This initial assignment is designed to help you gauge your understanding of some of the basic research skills we’ll be utilizing throughout the semester.
Please go to the Research Skills Tutorialopens in a new window in the Empire State College Online Library. Take the six quizzes; you may read the additional documents on the site before or after taking the quizzes, but this is not required for this specific assignment. We will be revisiting this site often over the course of the semester. Please do NOT email the results of your quiz!
After you have taken the quizzes and reviewed your results, please write a short essay, detailing what you learned. This essay should:
Identify sources that historians use to conduct research.
Assess your own level of familiarity with historical sources.
Map a plan for developing your research skills over the semester.
This paper should be short, approximately 250 to 500 words in length. Submit your essay here no later than the end of the first Module of classes. You must include internal citations and a work cited!!
Evaluation Criteria
Before submitting an assignment for this course please read the SUNY Empire State College statement on Academic Integrityopens in a new window. Please use the Chicago Style for citations, and take care to ensure that the citations are completed properly. In addition, please use Rampolla’s A Pocket Guide to Writing in History to help ensure that your work is of historical quality.
For assistance in completing your assignment utilize the resources available to you in the Research Assignment Guidelines page of the Course Information documents.
Your Assignment will be assessed on the strength of the historical question you ask as well the extent to which you develop your argument based on the selected documents along with the Historical Writing Guidelines.
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