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GRMN 197: 20th-21st Century Germany Through Film: Background Information

This guide is for Inge Aures's first year seminar course.

Reference Books

Reference sources like dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, etc. can help fill gaps in your knowledge and define additional keywords for your search.  The books and online resources here will get you started. 

Starting Your Search

It can be intimidating to use the library and start a research project, but fear not we (the librarians and your professor) are here every step of the way.
 

  • It helps to start by writing a list of terms that you will use in your search.
  • Keep notes as you research, the terms you used, where you searched, what you found.
  • Once you have some terms do some background research to add more terms to your list.
  • Now you have a bit more information on your topic start looking for more in depth information.
  • Search for books, use the bibliography to find even more books or articles.
  • Use library databases to search for articles.
  • As you encounter words, time periods, names, places etc. that you don't know circle back to do more background reading.

Research and Writing Help

DePauw University Academic Resource Center (ARC)

Visit the ARC to brush up on your writing (W), speaking (S), and quantitative reasoning (Q) skills with specialized tutors in each competency. The ARC is currently located in Asbury Hall 115. 

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