Creating Effective Research Assignments

Georgetown University librarians are happy to discuss student research and designing assignments. The following Web sites and print resources give helpful tips, strategies, and insights. Please contact Sandy Hussey, Library Research Instruction Coordinator, for more information: 202-687-8689 or husseys@georgetown.edu.

Web Sites

Designing Effective Writing Assignments. University of Maryland University College.

Effective Assignments Using Library Resources. Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Keys to Designing Effective Assignments. North Harris College Library.

The Problem of Plagiarism. Engineering Communication Centre, University of Toronto.

Print Resources (all located in Lauinger Library)

Bean, John C. Engaging Ideas: The Professor's Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. PE 1404 .B35 1996.

Ford, James E., Sharla Rees, and David L. Ward. "Research Paper Instruction: Comprehensive Bibliography of Periodical Sources, 1923-1980." Bulletin of Bibliography. 39 (1982): 84-98. Ref. Z 1007 .B94.

Hardesty, Larry, Jamie Hastreiter, and David Henderson, eds. Bibliographic Instruction in Practice: A Tribute to the Legacy of Evan Ira Farber. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press, 1993. Ref. Office Z 711.2 .B5 1993.

Leckie, Gloria. "Desperately Seeking Citations: Uncovering Faculty Assumptions about the Undergraduate Research Process." Journal of Academic Librarianship. 22 (1996): 201-8.

Lutzker, Marilyn. Research Projects for College Students: What to Write Across the Curriculum. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988. Ref. LB 2369 .L83 1988.

Taylor, Gordon. The Student's Writing Guide for the Arts and Social Sciences. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. PE 1478 .T38 1989.

Last updated 5/04-sh