Healing Praxis and Social Justice
Library Resources
Lorin Jackson, MA, MI
Research and Instruction Resident Librarian
McCabe Office Room 112
ljackso1@swarthmore.edu
@lorinland
she/them
Group Share
In your table groups, reflect on your previous experience with libraries and/or your experience with college libraries.
About Me & Libraries
AIDS Library, 2016
Background/Credentials
Haverford, '08: Philosophy, Education BA
California Institute of Integral Studies, '14: Philosophy & Religion* MA
*specialization in Women's Spirituality
Rutgers, New Brunswick, 17: Library & Information Science MI
Library Services for Students
numerous sources,
unsure of
where to start
concept
mapping
Tripod,
databases
locating materials in libraries & online
generating
thesis
verifying claim
or
argument
structuring a claim
or
outlining a paper
literature review
and/or
bibliography
how to approach study of the subject area
Additional Library Services for Students
- personal statements
- writing samples/application writing
- resume and cv editing
Research & Information Associates (RIAs)
Students who assist peers with finding and evaluating information:
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Help students get started with research projects
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Work with students to clarify topics, find sources, cite sources, and use library resources effectively.
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Connect students to reference librarians, SAMs, Writing Associates, and other resources for further consultation.
McCabe Research & Information Desk
Mon-Thurs 5-10pm
Fri 1-5pm
Sunday 11am-11pm
Hiring RIAs for 2020-2021!
Apply @ swarthmore.edu/rias by March 7
Three Key Practices to Organizing your Research
• Take process notes as you work
- Track what you've done and know what's next
• Consistently save the stuff you find
- Stick to a system that is easy and reliable
• Annotate your saved sources
- Why does this source seem relevant?
Handbooks & Companions
Exploring research interests
How / Use Tripod to find
"environmental justice" AND (handbook OR companion)
"exact phrase"
( remember PEMDAS? )
use OR to
search for
synonyms
Cohort Research Teams
Research Tasks
Cohort Research Teams
Research Tasks
Step 1: Get into cohorts.
Step 2: Pair up for next activity.
Step 3: As a pair, fill out concept map (use chart paper for ideas).
Step 4: On Moodle, find your cohort's Google folder.
Step 5: Make a copy of Google document in cohort's folder.
Step 6: Fill out with your partner using Tripod/library resources.
Need some extra support? Just raise your hand!
Possible Research Resources
Additional Resources
-
Adrienne Maree Brown
- Octavia's brood : science fiction stories from social justice movements (2015)
- Emergent strategy : shaping change, changing worlds (2017)
- Pleasure activism : the politics of feeling good (2019)
- Somatics & Trauma Reading Resource List
- "How Racism Invented Race in America. The case for reparations: a narrative bibliography" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Equity in Food Systems » Learning About Equity: A Resource List
- Decolonize: Resources
- Canva
- Piktochart
- Mind Meister
Please take survey about today's class in Moodle.
Thank you!
RELG031: Healing Praxis & Social Justice
By Swarthmore Reference
RELG031: Healing Praxis & Social Justice
RELG031: Healing Praxis & Social Justice, Spring 2020
