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Minitex News articles tagged with "Research" (20):

New Tutorial for Archival Research

Archival research need not be intimidating or confusing to novice researchers.  Those students just learning for the first time how to discover rich primary sources on their topic or researchers who may need a refresher on the contents of a finding aid will find this new tutorial quite helpf

New Digital Collection Provides a First-Hand View of North American Colonial Daily Life

Recently, the Harvard Gazette highlighted a new digital project launched earlier this month.  Harvard University Library has provided public access to their ongoing, digital, mult

Primary Source Sets from the Digital Public Library of America

Primary Source Sets from DPLA is a resource created by teachers on DPLA’s Education Advisory Committee and designed with students in mind to help

Densho: A Digital Archive & Legacy

Stephany Bai of NBC News writes that this fall is the 70th anniversary of the U.S.

Vietnam War Internet Resources for Research

In the October 2015 issue of College & Research Libraries News, librarians Seth Kershner (Northwestern Connecticut Community College) and Michael Mannheim (American International College) wrote

World's Largest Nature Sound & Video Digital Archive Now Available

Recently making internet news, a 12-year digital project is now freely available online to search and explore.  Cornell University’s

Helping Students to Ask the Right Questions

The folks at Project Information Literacy recently interviewed Dan Rothstein, co-author of the 2011 book Make Just One Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions. Rothstein’s work fo

History Day Research Help: Your Visit to Wilson Library

Minitex, the University of Minnesota’s Wilson Library, and the Minnesota Historical Society have created a short video to prepare students throughout the state to conduct History Day research at Wilson Library.  Librarians from Minitex Reference Outreach & Instruction (ROI) and Wilson Libra

Spotlight on Publication

Jayne Blodgett, Assistant Director and Technical Services Coordinator, and Peter Bremer, Reference Coordinator, of Briggs Library at the University of Minnesota Morris had their article, “

Just Add Water and Watch Research Grow

Research is hard work, and it takes time.  You can’t just “add water” and voila!