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Honors 200: Samurai and Geisha: Understanding Japan

This guide contains information resources for the study of Samurai and Geisha

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The purpose of this guide is to help you with your research on Japan and Japanese Culture. This guide contains links and information on the following:

Step up your research skills

Purpose: The College-level Research tutorial is designed to help you build on the research strategies you already use. These modules are designed to teach you practices and ways of thinking about information that will allow you to:

  • Understand and use web searches to inspire college-level research topics
  • Learn what scholarly sources are and how to recognize them
  • Strategically search for sources in subject databases
  • Share your ideas in ways that do not silence or exploit the work of others

Choose a Module:

1: Preparing for Research

2: Understanding Scholarly Sources

3: Choosing and Using Databases

4: Crediting and Creating

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  • Start your search
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