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Subject headings

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) use controlled vocabulary to access and express the subject content of documents.

  • Use the filters on the left of the resulting screen. Typical filters are Available Online and Peer Reviewed Journals
  • Add keywords
  1. Academic writing
  2. Critical thinking
  3. Dissertation writing
  4. Dissertations, Academic
  5. Doctoral students
  6. Doctoral writing
  7. Information literacy
  8. Postgraduate education
  9. Research
  10. Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
  11. Social sciences -- Research -- Philosophy
  12. Teaching
  13. Universities and colleges -- Canada
  14. Writing
  15. Writing supervision

Why library resources are important

Roberts, L. (2021). “This Is Just What We Do”: PhD Students on Becoming Scholars in a Community of Practice. Communications in Information Literacy, 15(1), 75–94. https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2021.15.1.4

  • community of practice
  • critical reflection
  • information literacy
  • network
  • shared meaning
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