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** This Week:
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* How to start a research project
* Introduction to Fair Use
I'll be in the dining hall on Thursday from 8:00-9:00 with candy and handouts, ready
to answer any questions you might have. Email me any time (gomez01(a)college.harvard.edu
(mailto:gomez01@college.harvard.edu) ) and check out our Peer Research Fellow website
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for useful links and resources!
Upcoming Events:
Be sure to check out the phenomenal feminist poetry reading
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at Schlesinger Library on March 1 at 7:30!
Bright room with armchairs and bookshelves
Study Space of the Week:
McKay Reading Space:
Located on the third floor of Pierce Hall in the Gordon McKay Library, this study space
has numerous small tables perfect for quietly working on a pset with friends. You can also
check out books and periodicals about applied math, applied physics, computer science,
engineering, material sciences, and the like.
Quick Tips:
Doing "presearch":
Before you engage on a research project, you should do background research to help
formulate your question.
You can start by looking up your topic in an encyclopedia to understand the basics. Many
of the ones the library has are available online, and several are topic specific (e.g. The
International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest and The Food Encyclopedia: Over 800
Ingredients, Tools, Techniques and People), which will help you find the relevant
information faster.
You can also search in HOLLIS+ for literature reviews (use this keyword for
"subject") to get an overview of the research that has already been published!
Did You Know...?
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...that fair use
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allows you to use copyrighted materials without permission as long as you do so in a
transformative manner? Fair use can help you use copyrighted materials in your papers,
presentations, and creative projects. According to Justice Souter of the Supreme Court,
your use of copyrighted materials must be one that “adds something new, with a further
purpose or different character, altering the first with new expression, meaning or
message." It can also have a scholarly or non-profit usage. You should be careful
about the amount of the source material used, whether you are taking snippets or an entire
idea, and your effects on the existing market. If you want to learn more, check out HCL
blog postings for Fair Use Week
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Book of the Week:
The book of the week
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is Herland, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Utopian Fiction).
According to the Currierite who recommended this book, it is "Intriguing and part of
a trilogy."
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comic about library resources
[Panel 1-Librarian: "Did you find out what the debate is about?" Boy:
"Yeah, overpopulation." Panel 2- Librarian: "And will you be agreeing with
Malthus?" Boy: ...Maybe." Panel 3-Librarian: "The whole concept of
'research' is foreign to you, isn't it?" Boy: "Facts just confuse
people. I'm going to focus on sound bites and a good haircut."]
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