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FYW Contested Truths (Breyer)

Prof. Ben Breyer, Fall 2025

Getting Started

""Welcome! This page highlights key resources for the First Year Writing: Contested Truths research project, including the following:

  • Materials for the library workshops
  • Reference sources to find background information
  • Options for searching for books and articles, including scholarly and peer-reviewed articles
  • Resources for citing your sources and writing
  • Tips to help keep textbook costs down

If you would like assistance identifying additional resources, search terms or strategies, please schedule a research consultation with your personal librarian.

Image: Monument Removed (Sign where the now removed J. Marion Sims statue once stood), by Jay Dobkin, 27 September 2020, via Mapping Confederate Monuments 

Research Tutorials