Today's session will focus on researching notable women associated with Ashland University, specifically alumni, emeritus faculty, and current faculty. Links and information gathered will be collected together for use in Session 3.
Are you ready to research? Here's a link to our crowdsourced Google Doc.
The below sources may be useful in locating information about the notable achievements of Ashland University alumni, professors, and emeriti. Copy-and-pasting the link where a source is found into Wikipedia's citation tool generates an in-text citation and reference for it. A targeted Google search is also an excellent place to start: Just be sure to test sources against the CRAAP Test (detailed on the right side of this page).
Below are some sources that you may consider using for today's research on notable AU women if widely available sources, such as articles found on Google, fail you. Unlike the sources found on Google, the databases linked below are password-protected, limiting who can view the sources found there. Because of this, it is most efficient to begin by conducting research on Google or other open-source search engines, then move to closed sources if you struggle to find relevant research.
If you decide to use one a source that is password-protected, there is an extra step to citation. After you locate the source using the database, look for an accessible version online. (For example, if you located an issue of the Ashland Times Gazette covering a notable accomplishment of a female AU alumnus and decide you want to use it, enter the information into Google to find an open-source version of the issue, so that the source is visible to Wikipedia visitors.)
Database consists of extracted visual content for 16+ million pages of digitized historic American newspapers in Chronicling America; search and explore historic newspaper photographs.
