Throughout the summer, we’ve been exploring how to do academic-level research in each of the major disciplines IU East offers degrees in. While there are plenty of commonalities and general techniques that we covered in the first week, each discipline has its own dedicated material. This week, we’ll look at the study of sociology. While… Read more »
Matt Dilworth
Science Questions
This summer, we’ve been looking at how to do insightful, quality research at IU East. And while there are great general sources and techniques available that benefit any researcher, each discipline has its own special sources and quirks. This week, we’ll look at the natural sciences. If you’ve been following these columns, you’ll notice that… Read more »
Psychology Questions
This week, in our ongoing series on how to do research in the major disciplines at IU East, we will look at psychology. Psychology courses can have a lot of potential research topics – you might be looking for a theorist, a type of treatment, historical issues in psychology, or approach from a mental health… Read more »
Math Questions
This week, we will continue our series on the research needs of the major disciplines taught at IU East with a look at mathematics. People approach math for numerous reasons – studying historical mathematics or mathematicians, practical math (including solving problems and learning formulas), using math as a ‘language’ for another discipline, such as engineering… Read more »
Social Work Questions
In the tenth part of our summer research series, we’ll be looking at social work. Like the other disciplines we’ve examined so far, the study of social work will benefit from knowledge of the general techniques we covered in the first week. But there is plenty more to understand about this field, and how to… Read more »
Fine Arts Questions
This summer, we’ve been examining the tools available to you to perform the best possible research at IU East – from broadly applicable general techniques to in-depth tools for specific disciplines. This week, we’ll explore the fine arts. Fine arts is a broad subject, including the graphic arts, music, and performance art. You might be… Read more »
History Questions
Over the course of the summer, we have been looking at how to perform high quality, academic research in all of the major disciplines IU East teaches. While we started with general techniques usable in any research, that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Each area of study has its own quirks and special types… Read more »
Political Science Questions
This summer, we’ve been exploring what goes into good, academic research. And although there are plenty of great basic skills and techniques usable for any discipline – which we covered in the first week – each subject taught at IU East has its own unique character and needs. Here, we’ll look at the sources for… Read more »
English Questions
If you’ve been following this blog, you know we’ve been examining how to do in-depth research in each of the major academic disciplines IU East offers. There’s a lot that is the same for any type of scholarly research, and we started off looking at those general techniques. But every field of study has its… Read more »
Law and Criminal Justice Questions
For the last few weeks, we’ve been looking at how to get the most out of scholarly resources for each discipline taught at IU East, and this week we’ll look at criminal justice. Many of these methods will build off of the general techniques we explored earlier, but some are unique to this field. Like… Read more »