Research tools will be crucial for successfully accomplishing your term-based project. Many are supplied to you through the UO Libraries either free or paid with student tuition dollars.
What can you find on this page?
It's important to note that after graduation you may lose or have limited access to the tools listed on this page. Check-in with the UO Libraries if this is a concern of yours.
The Oregon Encyclopedia is is an authoritative publication about the history of Oregon. This is a great place to start your research when figuring out what topics interest you.
This is just a sample of what Library and Archive Databases are available. Talk with your teacher and librarians to learn more about what is available to you. Make sure to talk to them about your research topic during office hours or a consultation.
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Primary source documents from major international activist organizations and local grassroots organizations providing information on social, political, health and legal issues impacting LGBTQ communities. Includes often-excluded groups, even within the LGBTQ community, and enables users to draw new connections across the development of LGBTQ culture and activism.
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Coverage - scholarly articles, primary sources, encyclopedia entries, audio, video, - of topics in U.S. History, from the arrival of Vikings to Vietnam, Watergate and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Search over one million digital images in the fields of the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences.
As of August 1, 2024 the former Artstor website is now completely incorporated into JSTOR. All content is now located there.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: U.S. State Collections empower researchers to digitally travel back through centuries to become eyewitnesses to local and regional history by revealing state and local news coverage valued by researchers. Each title includes the complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page images in PDF format. For newspapers still publishing, coverage extends to within days of the current issue.
Oregon Digital provides discovery of and access to unique digitized and born-digital materials, including photographs, articles, sheet music, manuscripts, ephemera, and more. Materials in the broad collection are contributed from the University of Oregon and Oregon State University.
Explore a wide range of primary source material including printed and manuscript cookbooks, advertising ephemera, government reports, films and illustrated content – revealing the evolution of food and drink within everyday life and the public sphere. The unique material in this collection has been sourced from across the globe to reflect a wide range of food cultures and traditions, creating an unparalleled research resource.
UO has access to Module 1.
Generative AI is still developing and will keep evolving. You will most likely encounter it at some point during your personal and academic life. In fact, engagement with it will increase for the foreseeable future. You should ALWAYS check what answers Generative AI supplies you. Confirming truth and fact is important when making claims and assertions.
Generative AI bots like ChatGPT, Dall-E, Poe, Bard, Co-Point all have use pros and cons when it comes to research. Key points that you should be away of when using Generative AI include:
Approaches to using Generative AI to support your research digital collection project. These are only a few.
Zotero is a free, open source desktop application that allows you to collect, organize, cite, and share research. It works on Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. This guide has information on how to get started with using Zotero, from installing the application and its plugins, to adding sources to your library, to generating in-text citations and reference lists.
Links and information about these resources and their access are available on the UO Canvas Course website.
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