Comp 1000: Composition (Doughty) Spring 2025

Welcome to the COMP 1000 Course Guide! Below, you’ll find a variety of resources and information to support you in completing your assignments for this course.

Keep in mind that research is an exploratory process. Effective research involves using multiple resources—such as databases, online tools, and the library catalog—and refining your searches with different keyword combinations.

For this course, we’ll utilize both the library’s general resources and its special collections. Be sure to check out the "The Alden Room" tab in the left-hand navigation pane, which provides a dedicated guide for conducting research in The Alden Room, home to our library’s special collections and archives

Conducting research can be difficult when you are unfamiliar with the terms being used to describe certain types of items. If your instructor asks you to use a periodical, would you know what they meant? If you had to locate the call number in an item’s record, could you? It is important to familiarize yourself with what particular library words mean. 

Refer back to some of the handouts received in class. The Definitions handout and Types of Periodicals chart will be particularly useful to keep. 

Librarians are available to help in several ways: 

• Visit the Reference Desk in Milne Library
• Call the Reference Desk at 607-436-2722
• E-mail a question to a librarian and receive a response 
• Request a Research Consultation to meet individually (and virtually) with a librarian
• Chat with a Librarian using the Chat Box below