Resources for Thesis Writers 2019-2020

WRITING

Bureau of Study Counsel Handouts (linked with kind permission of Bureau) - The Bureau has developed some extremely helpful material for thesis writers, including the following. And see https://bsc.harvard.edu/cranium-corner for a broad variety of handouts on related and other topics, including writing, time management, academic integrity, and motivation.

https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/bureau-of-study-counsel/files/twenty_tips_for_senior_thesis_writers_2012_updated_2015_2017_2018.pdf

https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/worksheets_for_senior_thesis_writers.pdf

https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/bureau-of-study-counsel/files/procrastinators_guide_to_writing_revised_2012_updated_2015_2016_2017_2018_-_century_gothic.pdf

https://bsc.harvard.edu/files/writing_things_down_before_writing_things_up_revised_september_2011.pdf

The Writing Center: Senior Thesis Tutors - Tutors can help you plan your writing process and to read drafts in advance of meetings to provide feedback about structure, argument, and clarity. Sign-up for appointments is linked from https://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/senior-thesis-tutoring.

Harvard College Writing Program - The Writing Program serves as a clearinghbouse for writing information for students (see https://writingprogram.fas.harvard.edu/pages/students) and also offers workshops and lectures, and prepares the Harvard Guide to Using Sources.

Harvard Writing Project - The Harvard Writing Project offers discipline-specific writing guides, currently including ones for life science, philosophy, and psychology. See https://writingproject.fas.harvard.edu/pages/disciplinary-writing-guides.

Bok Writing Fellows - Several departments (currently including linguistics, philosophy, and psychology) have Writing Fellows available to help with discipline-specific writing. Contact details are available at https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/people/people/bok-writing-fellows.

House Writing Tutors (other houses may have writing tutors not noted on public-access webpages)
Adams - https://adamshouse.harvard.edu/people/teams/writing-tutors
Cabot - https://cabot.harvard.edu/people/advising-areas/writing
Currier - https://currier.harvard.edu/writing-table
Eliot - https://eliot.harvard.edu/writing
Kirkland - https://kirkland.harvard.edu/people/resident-tutors/writing-tutors
Mather - https://mather.harvard.edu/resident-tutors/writing
Pforzheimer - https://pfoho.harvard.edu/people/advising-area/writing
Quincy - https://quincy.harvard.edu/advising-area/writing-committee



STATISTICS CONSULTING (information from https://statistics.fas.harvard.edu/harvard-statistics-consulting-service)

The Department of Statistics offers free stats consulting for all forms of data analysis and interpretation of results. These include causal inference, experimental design, classification and prediction (machine learning), statistical issues arising from big data’ sets, time series, model fitting, and data visualization. You are encouraged to seek advice early in your research but are welcome at all stages of your project. Consulting takes place in Science Center 400N, and no prior arrangements are needed before showing up. Please come with data, prior analyses, and any other relevant material.

Spring Drop-In Hours through May 1st
Mondays 3-5 p.m.
Wednesdays 2-4 p.m.
Thursdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Fridays 3-5 p.m.



LIBRARY RESOURCES

Assistance from Librarians – This is available in several ways, including by appointment, at library reference desks, and with live chat. See https://library.harvard.edu/how-to/get-research-help for details. In addition, Peer Research Fellows (https://library.harvard.edu/services-tools/peer-research-fellows) can connect you to library services.

Disciplinary and Topical Library Research Guides
Anthropology (includes Human Evolutionary Biology) - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/anthro
Biology - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/biologylinks
Biology: Web of Science Databases for Biological Research - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/webofscience
Brains - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/fas/Brains
Chemistry - Chemical Information Software Guide for Advanced Study - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/chemistry_software
Computer Science - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/cs
Health Data Resources - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/healthus (United States) and https://guides.library.harvard.edu/healthinternational (International)
Hearing - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/Hearing
History of Science - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/HistSciInfo and https://guides.library.harvard.edu/histsci
Lab Rats and More: Model Organisms in Research Today (also includes Drosophila, C. elegans, and zebrafish) - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/labrats
Mind, Brain, and Consciousness - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/mindbrain
Philosophy - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/philosophy
Psychology (SLS 20 Guide) - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/scilivsy20
The Sexes - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/fas/TheSexes
Smell - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/Smell
Social Sciences: Datafest 2018: Social Science Data - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/datafest2018
Time (Biological Aspects) - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/fas/time
Vision - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/Vision

Other Harvard Library Resources
Beginner's Guide to Locating and Using Numeric Data - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/data
HOLLIS (includes Scan and Deliver service) - https://hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/search?sortby=rank&vid=HVD2&lang=en_US
Harvard Library Get It Services - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/resourcesharing
Finding Manuscripts and Archival Collections - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/archives
Google: A Scholar’s Guide - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/googleguide

Other Online Resources
Anthropology Plus (includes biological anthropology/human evolutionary biology) - http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:anthplus
Philosopher’s Index - http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:philoind
Psyc Info - http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:psycinfo
Pub Med - https://guides.library.harvard.edu/PubMed
Purdue OWL (APA formatting/style guide) - https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_style_introduction.html