Additional Resources
Barry Mauer and John Venecek
We discuss the following topics on this page:
- University Writing Center
- Student Academic Resource Center (SARC)
- Academic Advocacy
- Research Tips Thursdays
- Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- Honors Undergraduate Thesis (HUT)
- Office of Prestigious Awards (OPA)
- UCF Funding Opportunities
We also provide the following activity:
Introduction
Doing literary research requires a lot of work and a lot of support, but you don’t have to do it alone; UCF has incredible resources to help you succeed! This page presents you with just some of these resources.
University Writing Center
The Writing Center is guided by six valued principles—respect, compassion, diversity, adaptability, collaboration, and learning—with the purpose of:
- providing members of the UCF community free individual and group peer consultations at any stage of the writing process.
- serving as a campus resource for the ongoing cross-disciplinary learning about writing through events and workshops.
- promoting the growth of peer tutors with a rich teaching and learning experience and ongoing professional development in writing center research, theory, and practice to encourage them as leaders, scholars, and teachers.
Visit the Writing Center!
Student Academic Resource Center (SARC)
SARC offers group peer tutoring, one-on-one peer tutoring, supplemental instruction, academic couching and engagement, and academic success workshops. Their website offers videos and other helpful resources. Visit SARC!
Academic Advocacy
The Office of Academic Advocacy proactively works with students to remove barriers adversely affecting retention (the ability to return each year), persistence (the ability to not skip terms), and timely completion of degree (the ability to graduate).
Visit Academic Advocacy!
Research Tips Thursdays
Research Tips Thursdays is a webinar series created by the UCF Libraries one Thursday each month. Some of the early videos are longer in length (30-40 minutes) but the more recent ones are short (2-3:00 minutes and focus on specific skills that all researchers need to know. Topics include evaluating resources, the research process, search strategies, and tips for success. See the RTT website for more information.
Undergraduate Research Opportunities
The Office of Undergraduate Research offers a plethora of useful information for undergraduates including research opportunities, a database for research positions, funding sources, publishing and presenting opportunities, trainings, resources for getting started with research and training to further develop your skills.
Honors Undergraduate Thesis (HUT)
From the HUT website:
The Honors Undergraduate Thesis (HUT) program is the oldest and most prestigious undergraduate research program at UCF. HUT provides juniors and seniors from all disciplines the opportunity to engage in original and independent research or creative activity as principal investigators and independent scholars.
Over the course of two to four semesters, students work closely with a faculty committee to research, write, defend, and publish an original thesis that serves as an honors capstone product of their undergraduate career. This thesis is published through the university library and is available to researchers worldwide through electronic databases.
You do not need to be admitted to the Burnett Honors College to participate in HUT. Visit HUT!
Office of Prestigious Awards (OPA)
OPA, housed within the Burnett Honors College, helps students apply for scholarships and fellowships and prepare for graduate schools and careers in their fields. OPA has a scholarship database, helpful resources, internships, student exchanges, and institutes. Visit OPA!
UCF Funding Opportunities
Interested in opportunities to have your research funded? Visit the UCF Funding Opportunities page to learn more.
Exercises
- How much of the material in Strategies for Conducting Literary Research was new to you? How much did you already know? Did the course help you build upon what you knew?
- Do you have a better understanding of literary research as a discipline after working through the course? Does your work with the course help you with other humanities research outside of literary studies (could include theater, visual arts, music, languages, history, etc.)? Explain.
- Have you been able to adapt and apply skills, abilities, theories, or methodologies gained in this course to new situations and/or to solve difficult problems or explore complex issues in original ways? Explain.
- Have you been better able to formulate and present your ideas and your research in coursework as a result of working through the chapters in this course? Explain.
- Envision a future self using what you have learned in this course. What do you see yourself doing? Are you using these lessons in your future career? What plans do you have and how do the lessons you learned here help you realize them?
