HON: Independent Study: Resources and More
A guide to help Honors students research and locate materials for HON Independent Study at Fisk and beyond!
Research with the Franklin Library
Educational Videos
- CrashCourse
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Start Your Research!
- A-Z Database ListFull list of databases the library subscribes to, including trial access.
- Gale Academic OneFile (TEL)Provides access to scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in all major disciplines. Coverage from 1980's to present.
- JSTORJSTOR offers high-quality, interdisciplinary content to support scholarship and teaching. It includes leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.
- Oxford ScholarshipAccess thousands of outstanding academic books from Oxford University Press spanning twenty subjects, and updated every month.
- Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL)Free resources for Tennesseans. Search for books, articles, newspapers and more from Gale databases.
- W.E.B. Du Bois Center at UMass Amherst LibrariesThe Center was established in 2009 to engage audiences in discussion and scholarship about global issues involving race, labor and social justice.
How to Choose a Topic
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Tips and Tricks for Finding Sources and Making Citations!
- CrashCourse-Navigating Digital InformationNeed help choosing reputable online resources? Check out this CrashCourse playlist!
- How to Spot Fake NewsA handy guide filled with tips to spot fake news and find reputable sources.
- Chicago Manual of Style OnlineThe Chicago Manual of Style Online is the venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. It is the indispensable reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice.
- Purdue OWL: APA Citation GuideThese OWL resources will help you learn how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citation and the References page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.
- Purdue OWL: Chicago Citation GuideThe Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) covers a variety of topics from manuscript preparation and publication to grammar, usage, and documentation, and as such, it has been lovingly dubbed the “editor's bible.”
- Purdue OWL: MLA Citation GuideThese OWL resources will help you learn how to use the Modern Language Association (MLA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citations and Works Cited pages, as well as MLA sample papers, slide presentations, and the MLA classroom poster.
- Turabian-Chicago Citation GuideA MANUAL FOR WRITERS OF RESEARCH PAPERS—also known as “Turabian”—is the gold standard for college and graduate students in virtually all academic areas. An introduction to Chicago-style formatting and citation generation, the manual aids students in clear writing, citing, and research practice. At the heart of Turabian is the idea that, no matter the format, the foundations of good research remain the same: to do it carefully, present it clearly and accurately, and follow academic standards for citation, style, and format.