Research
Faculty Research Spotlight with Professor Victoria Aarons
Welcome back Trinity community! As you walk through Starbucks you’ll notice three new posters highlighting some of the great research our Trinity faculty and students have published recently. Librarian Anne…
Public Domain Day 2023
OK, why did I post a big still image from Fritz Lang’s 1927 film masterpiece Metropolis at the top of this article marking Public Domain Day 2023? Well, because now I CAN,…
The Limits of Information
Information is generally regarded as a good thing, especially in the context of learning. At the same time, the experience of too much information is one we can probably all…
5 Reasons You Need Zotero
When you are working on an assignment do you ever wonder, “Gosh, isn’t there an easier way to do this?” Well, if you are asking that question about citing sources,…
Announcing the 2020 Research Thing Prize Recipients
One of my joys as coordinator for the library’s annual research awards, now in its 14th year, is seeing the papers, posters, and web projects roll in as the deadline…
The Mural Project: Interview with Student Peyton Tvrdy
We sat down with Peyton Tvrdy, Mellon Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow for Summer 2020. With the help of Librarian Elizabeth Poff, Peyton researched, cataloged and created a digital gallery of…
Announcing the Coates Library Research Thing Prizes
Celebrating Our Student Researchers and the “Things” They Create I’ve never made homemade biscuits before and might never do it again. Finding myself juggling a different kind of schedule and…
Reading TUgether and Starting Strong
What Our First Year Students Can Teach Us Not very many people know that Trinity’s Class of 2023 completed their first college research assignment before they even stepped foot on...
6 Moments of Research “Failure” and How to Deal With Them
For all the summer researchers taking on bigger projects than they have experienced in their classes so far, for all the incoming first-years who will soon receive more rigorous research assignments than they have previously encountered, I hope this brief catalog of common research “failures” might, if nothing else, do away with some of the unnecessary secrecy.
You’re Going to Want to Try Safari Books Online
Walk through the Coates Library on any given day and you will often find students with both a physical print book open on their desk and an electronic book open…