Theatre & Performance Studies Research Guide

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Would you like to learn how to organize your research AND use a citation manager (e.g. Mendeley)? Check out this video.

Did you check out that video above? You should; I recommend it.

Looking for the Chicago Manual of Style online?  Here it is: https://www.lib.umd.edu/dbfinder/id/UMD08024

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UNDERGRADS:

Do you need an Introduction to Research? Check out this library webpage all about it.

Why is citing important?

There are several reasons why it is important to cite:

• It is important to give the proper credit to the person or group who spent the time researching and writing in order to provide that information.
• This allows your instructor (and maybe one day the reader of your article?!) to find the source later if she wants to read it herself.
• Citing experts gives credibility to the argument of your paper.
• Indicates that you did a thorough job researching your topic.

PAL keeps a copy of each of these books the Reference Section on the first floor!