Doing research in
Peace & Conflict Studies

Senior Capstone

Simon Elichko (they/them)

Social Sciences & Data Librarian

What we'll work on today:

  • Trying out a new tool for finding peer-reviewed research in Peace & Conflict Studies
     
  • Learning about Zotero, a useful tool for managing research projects
     
  • Individual work on your research with support
    (as time permits)

Finding peer-reviewed research in Peace & Conflict Studies

Open this link:

dub.sh/pcs-tripod-225

You'll see a custom Tripod search. But instead of showing you a wide range of articles and books, this search limits your results to articles that have been published in a handful of P&CS journals.

 

How do you search? Replace the ? with your keywords.

Zotero

What does Zotero help you do?

  • Create your own personal research library
  • Save sources and citations as you find them using Zotero's browser extension/add-on
  • Organize your sources and attach notes to them
  • Highlight and annotate PDFs
  • Cite your sources Google Docs and Microsoft Word

Creating collections in Zotero

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Citing sources in Zotero

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How do you set up Zotero?

  1. Create a Zotero account. Use your Swarthmore.edu for free storage.
  2. Download and install the Zotero app on your computer.
  3. Install and enable the browser connector/add-on.
  4. Sign in to your Zotero account in the app and extension.
  5. Start adding sources to your Zotero library.
        • Save articles from JSTOR, Tripod, etc. using the browser connector
        • Drag and drop PDFs into Zotero app to add them

See guide: Zotero at Swarthmore

Research Advice + Suggestions

How to contact Simon:

• Schedule an appointment  bit.ly/selichk1
• Email selichk1@swarthmore.edu


Library Research Guides: