USP 300U - Introduction to Urban Studies: Home

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This course guide supports USP 300U - Introduction to Urban Studies. This guide contains instructional content in addition to information resources that will support your work in this class. For assignment details please refer to the instructions provided by your course instructor. 

• Community Research - Find resources and tips to research the communities in which your community organization operates. 
• Scholarly Sources - Find sources of sufficient quality.
• News & Other Sources - Find news articles and learn to evaluate websites for quality.
• Evaluating Charts, Graphs, & Statistics - Instructional videos about reading charts, graphs, and statistics.
• Citing Sources - Find sources that will help you appropriately cite the research you find.
• Get Help - All the ways to get help from the library are linked here.