Following the research process will help you with your paper.
Select a Topic
Find Background Information
Formulate a Thesis Statement
Create an Outline
Locate and Retrieve Materials
Evaluate Information
Take Notes
Write the Paper
Review Paper and Citations
Five short "white papers."
OWL: Purdue Writing Lab - White Papers
White Paper Purpose and Audience - A white paper is a report which offers a focused description of a complex topic and presents the point of view of the author. This resource will explain these issues and provide some other tips to enhance white paper content.
Research Project (preliminary abstract, research outline, presentation of findings, and a 8-10 page (double-spaced) research paper.
The class will meet in the Woodruff Library e-classroom, 312, on Tuesday, Feb 28th from 2:30-3:45 pm
I. Quick review of the LibGuide (Library 101, Finding Resources, Finding Images, Citing your work)
II. Background research and identify keywords related to your topic
Art & Architecture Source (brainstorm keywords - Benin bronzes, Elgin, DE "Repatriation of cultural property")
III. Known item Search
BOOK CHAPTER Lanciotti, Alessandra. 2012. “The Dilemma of the Right to Ownership of Underwater Cultural Heritage: The Case of the ‘Getty Bronze.’” In Cultural Heritage, Cultural Rights, Cultural Diversity: New Developments in International Law. 301-326. Nijhoff: Brill.
USE Library Search to find the title of the book, In Cultural Heritage, Cultural Rights, Cultural Diversity: New Developments in International Law.
ARTICLE : Li, Luis and L. Amelia. 2017. “The Getty Bronze and the Limits of Restitution.” Chapman Law Review 20(1): 25–50.
USE ejournals tool to learn we DO have access via HEINonline
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE "Italy's High Court Says Getty Must Return Greek Statue". City News Service. December 5, 2018
USE A-Z Databases to sort by NEWS type and scroll to the Nexis Uni Database - remember to change the default to 5 years or custom, search by newspaper article title, " "Italy's High Court Says Getty Must Return Greek Statue"
IV Independent research time: 1) Find a relevant article. 2) Find a relevant book in Library Search 3) Find a relevant news article
CALL NUMBERS -How to Read Library of Congress Call Numbers -
V. Field Trip to the Stacks with the call number of the relevant book you identified.