Understanding Research
Research information from the Boston University Libraries
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Open Access
Learn more about Open Access and help to raise awareness!
For more information, look at Librarian Meredith Kirkpatrick’s Research Guide
Scholarship, Libraries, and Open Access Archiving Initiative
What Is Peer Review?
Professor Ivan Eubanks of the College of Arts and Sciences introduces the process.
Primary Sources
A WWII soldier’s story illustrates the use of primary sources
For more information about Primary sources, see BU librarian Meredith Kirkpatrick’s Research Guide or Gretchen Walsh’s “Archives and Primary Sources for the Study of Africa: Research Strategies and Web Resources”
Diane D’Almeida
Read about how she believes librarians can change the world
Read about her research of Arab Women Writers or watch her interviews below:
Rana Azzoubi
Basma El-Nsour
Haddiya Hussein
Additional interviews:
Jameelh Amirah
Leila Atrash
Lutfiyya al-Dulaimi
Samiha Khreis
Rula Quawas
How To Use the Library Search Engine
Want to learn how to use the Library’s powerful, new search engine? Watch this video and then try it out for yourself!
How To Find a Book
Have you ever arrived at the shelf where your book is supposed to be but…it’s not there? This video can help you with that and other book-finding problems.
Beth Restrick
Beth Restrick, head of the African Studies Library, tells the story of how she fell in love with Africa.
Professors Bill Marx & Professor Tony Wallace
Read about the two professors’ writing class at BU which allows freshmen to experience “Theater Now”
Find out more about the “Theater Now!” program and its mission statement