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This is a research template developed specifically for Quaker Studies Research

C. Wess Daniels

Use this template to help you track your project and make sure you’ve hit all the big sources. Depending on how long your research project is meant to be should determine the depth of use of this list.

Select your topic and consider your big questions related to what you want to research.

Read and review the resource page from the

Quaker Archives⁠

to see what is available

Look at Historical Dictionary of the Friends (Quakers) -

Find it on this page⁠

Look at the Index for the Oxford Quaker Handbook of Quaker Studies

Guilford College Library catalog⁠

Search Quaker Periodicals and Research Databases

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Quaker Religious Thought Journal⁠

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Quaker Studies Research Association Journal⁠

(QSRA Journals are

available digitally here⁠

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Brill Quaker Studies⁠

Manuscripts

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Friends Historical Association⁠

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Quaker Doctoral Theses⁠

through the University of Birmingham England.

Digital Quaker Library at Earlham College⁠

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JSTOR⁠

and

Project Muse⁠

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If you needed/wanted to go deeper, you can go into the Guilford College papers and archives

Research Other Possible Sources:

See what Wikipedia has on your topic

Search for contemporary examples on blogs, films, podcasts

Determine how scholarly your sources are (if you are using the above you will be fine)

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Progressively Summarize⁠

your reading and research into discrete notes based on your research.

Build your bibliography - Use Zotero, Mendeley, or for simpler projects: the

citation machine⁠

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Write a draft paper

Run your paper through

Grammarly⁠

. A great grammar editing program that you can use for free or pay a discounted price as a student.

Need more help?

Check in with Wess Daniels

danielscw@guilford.edu⁠

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Check in with Gwen Gosney Erickson Guilford College Archivist at

archives@guilford.edu⁠

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Try clicking the ⋯ next to your doc name or using a keyboard shortcut (

CtrlP

) instead.