{"id":42,"date":"2015-08-25T14:41:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T14:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fysutopiasfall2015\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2015-08-25T14:41:49","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T14:41:49","slug":"library-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/fysutopiasfall2015\/library-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Library Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

The goals of library research and information literacy are woven throughout your reading, writing and oral communication assignments for this class. In addition, you will conduct independent research on a communal society that aspires to utopian principles such as egalitarianism, communalism or freedom. For this project, you will choose a specific community to research, uncovering more about how the intentions of this community fall within or outside the definition of a \u201csocial utopia.\u201d You will pose a research question and write an annotated bibliography<\/strong> of six different sources that address the research question as you frame it. This assignment will be 15% of your final grade.<\/p>\n

An important aspect of this First Year Seminar is the work you will do to enhance information literacy\/library research skills. These skills will be developed through two \u201clibrary labs\u201d with our liaison librarian, Lynda Kachurek, who will work with us to accomplish these goals.<\/p>\n

There are three phases you\u2019ll complete this term as part of your introduction to library research and information literacy strategies:<\/p>\n