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Wellesley College Research Guides

REL 270: Religions of the Silk Road: In Class Activities

1. Appointments

Click here to make an appointment with me to chat about finding sources or citing them!:

2. Finding Key Terms

Put this search into SuperSearch: "silk road" AND samarkand

Browse the subjects for the results and add key terms to the jamboard!

Here is where to find the subject terms in SuperSearch:

Use SuperSearch to find articles, books, & more.

 


Add terms you expected to see and terms that are new to you in the jamboard here:

https://jamboard.google.com/d/1UsK7W-AFVYpm3IFUfvO9xnOX8wYLfiX3LhE5o7mdjGY/edit?usp=sharing

3. Finding Scholarly Sources

Take at least two of the terms from our key term brainstorm and try them out in one of the subject-specific databases below. Identify one peer-reviewed article or scholarly book in your group.

Don't forget to use quotation marks and join terms with AND!

4. Finding Primary Sources

In pairs, browse TWO of the links in the find primary sources tab on this research guide.

Be ready to tell the class what sort of things you can find in those links and show us one primary source on any topic.
 


Don't forget! It's important to use lots of different spellings for proper nouns.