Welcome
This guide is intended to assist students in URBS 400: Senior Seminar, with resources for conducting research on Urban Studies topics. Related guides include:
Research Competencies
- Evaluating the quality of sources and determining which are scholarly articles or books appropriate for a senior seminar.
- Knowing there are enough citations for a paper's bibliography.
- Quoting or paraphrasing in a way that does not overstep boundaries of what is legitimate.
- Doing qualitative data analysis
- Formatting citations for the bibliography and managing references.
- Finding and using archival or photographic material about Philadelphia.
- Using or presenting spatial information, working with maps or geographic information systems.
- Knowing where to look on the library website for sources and references.
- Locating and working with data and statistics collected elsewhere.
Subject Guide
Lauris Olson
Contact:
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
203 Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
University of Pennsylvania
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
U.S.A.
203 Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center
University of Pennsylvania
3420 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6206
U.S.A.
215-898-0119
WebsiteSubjects:African Studies, Aging Studies, Communication, Criminology, Data & GIS, Economics, Food Studies, Health & Societies, International Relations, Law, Linguistics, Philadelphia Studies, Political Science, Population Studies & Demography, Public Policy & Administration, Social Sciences, Sociology, Urban Studies