Description
This practicum is intended to be an overview for Luther Seminary 1st year PHD students to methods and tools for engaging in literary research, i.e. research done in published literature and on the internet, with a view toward the goal of writing a dissertation. The main focus will be instruction in avenues of topic exploration, developing a search strategy incorporating the use of important reference resources and methods of access, and evaluating sources. Thesis templates and EndNote, a bibliographic management software program, will be introduced.