A guide for college aged students interested in incorporating analyses of speculative fiction into their academic work. The LibGuide includes examples of primary sources and relevant academic theory, in addition to a collection of databases and journals students may explore in their research. The guide also includes two informational videos.
For this project, alongside a team of peers, I reviewed existing libguides to determine an effective scope, user community and layout for our selected topic. The highlighted sources included in the guide were identified using Pratt’s library catalog, Google, and our prior experience with the topic. To build the guide we used SpringShare’s LibGuides, which was modified with CSS. Finally, we used Loom to make the videos featured on the guide.
For my contributions to this group project, I contributed sources to the primary source section we used for the guide, and participated in brainstorming for the guide’s design and structure. I wrote and recorded the video “How do I find scholarly content about queer speculative fiction?”, and made slides to use as visuals for both videos featured on the guide. I also drew all of the clip art featured in the guide using Adobe Illustrator, and worked on customizing the appearance of the guide.
SpringShare LibGuides, Adobe Illustrator, Loom, Google Slides, CSS, writing for the web