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Teaching Your First Course: Balancing Teaching and Research (m14821)
Author: Susan Cates
Keywords: faculty, research, teaching
Summary: 2006 presentation in the Rice University NSF Advance Conference entitled “Negotiating the Ideal Faculty Position”. This workshop focuses on balancing teaching and research, and was authored by Richard Baraniuk (ELEC), Mike Gustin (BCB), Jane Grande-Allen (BIOE), and Yousif Shamoo (BCB).
Subject: Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 33.55%
Revised: 2007-07-30
Revisions: New
Building up One Empire while Tearing Down Another: Scholars, Missionaries and Spies in the Ottoman Middle East (m13674)
Keywords: Alois Musil, archaeology, European colonialism, Middle East, Orientalism, T.E. Lawrence, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: This module explores the careers of British archaeologist T.E. Lawrence and Czech scholar Alois Musil. Both men were scholars, but also agents for their respective governments. As with many figures active in the age of European colonialism, Lawrence and Musil created an important intellectual legacy, but their value as contemporary ... of objectivity.
Subject: Humanities, Social Sciences
Language: English
Popularity: 86.64%
Revised: 2006-10-30
Revisions: 3
Categorizing Historical Documents: What is a Red Book? (m12813)
Keywords: British Empire, British Parliament, cartoons, Egypt, Egyptian Red Book, General Charles Gordon, Khartoum (Sudan), Mahdi, microfiche, microform, Parliamentary Papers, political cartoon, political criticism, political satire british, Soudan, Sudan, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive, William Gladstone
Summary: This module is a guide to the process of identifying what type of work you are researching and using that information to expand the potential of different research projects. You will be introduced to the process of categorizing the works you find in your research, locating similar and divergent works ... East Archive.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 81.66%
Revised: 2006-10-05
Revisions: 10
Getting the Whole Story From "The Egyptian Red Book": General Charles Gordon in Khartoum (m12814)
Keywords: British Empire, British Parliament, cartoons, Egypt, Egyptian Red Book, General Charles Gordon, History and Politics, Khartoum (Sudan), Mahdi, microfiche, Parliamentary Papers, political cartoon, political criticism, political satire british, research methods, Soudan, Sudan, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive, William Gladstone
Summary: In this module, we unravel the story contained in "The Egyptian Red Book," which uses cartoons and quotations from authorities to criticize the British government's handling of General Charles Gordon while under siege in Khartoum in 1884-1885. We discuss research methods used by historians, including examining the original ... of events.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 93.72%
Revised: 2006-09-25
Revisions: 11
Studying Political Satire: Introduction to "The Egyptian Red Book" (m12817)
Keywords: British Empire, British Parliament, cartoons, Egypt, Egyptian Red Book, General Charles Gordon, Khartoum (Sudan), Mahdi, microfiche, microform, Parliamentary Papers, political cartoon, political criticism, political satire british, Soudan, Sudan, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive, William Gladstone
Summary: An introduction and table of contents that describes and provides access to the different learning modules in the Egyptian Red Book course. The course itself is a virtual research project that centers on the nineteenth-century political satire "The Egyptian Red Book," which is part of the Travelers in the ... research libraries.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 74.89%
Revised: 2006-09-19
Revisions: 13
Finding What You are Looking For in the British Parliamentary Papers (m12840)
Keywords: British Parliament, Egyptian Red Book, Parlimentary Papers, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: In this module we will show how to use the British Parliamentary Papers to conduct historical research.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 77.86%
Revised: 2006-10-30
Revisions: 5
The British Parliament and its Papers (m12841)
Keywords: British Empire, British Parliamennt, History -- Methodology, library research, Parliamentary Papers, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: This module introduces the British Parliament and discusses how its papers can be a valuable resource for research projects.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 95.46%
Revised: 2006-10-30
Revisions: 6
Introduction to Conducting Research with the British Parliamentary Papers (m12842)
Keywords: British Empire, British Parliament, British parliamentary papers, History -- Methodology, History -- Research, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: Provides an overview to conducting research using the British Parliamentary Papers.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 74.17%
Revised: 2006-10-30
Revisions: 6
Accessing Subscription-Based Electronic Resources (m12583)
Keywords: accessing networked resources, History -- Methodology, History -- Research, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: Electronic resources such as databases, indexes and journals can be crucial for research projects, but many require a subscription. Your library may be a subscriber--and may provide you with a way to access the resource from your own home or office. This module, part of a course on doing ... Network (VPN).
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 77.82%
Revised: 2006-10-22
Revisions: 7
How Does "Oriental Cairo" Compare With Similar Works? (m12585)
Keywords: bibliography, Cairo (Egypt), History -- Methodology, History -- Research, Library of Congress Subject Headings, library resources, Oriental Cairo, People, Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, TIMEA, Travelers in the Middle East Archive
Summary: "How Does "Oriental Cairo" Compare With Similar Works?" examines how to view a work in relation to similar works from other regions or periods, using an example "Oriental Cairo," which is included in the online Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA). This module is designed to guide you through ... historical research.
Subject: Humanities
Language: English
Popularity: 72.98%
Revised: 2006-10-13
Revisions: 4
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