Carpentry

Welcome to your Carpentry Research Guide!

Carpentry

You can use this guide to give you more information on library resources available for carpentry and construction topics, locate federal and state statistics and administrative code, and find safety information on a variety of construction topics. Use the tabs to the left to navigate through the guide.

Thinking About How to Start: Research is a Process


Source: "Research is a Process" by Anna Eisen, is licensed under a Standard YouTube License.

This video discusses research as inquiry, specifically the importance of scholarly research, understanding the scholarly sources and vocabulary used in a field, developing research questions, and adding to the academic conversation with research and writing.

In this video, the narrator talks about the "academic discussion." You can think about the "Professional Discussion" in a similar way-- doing research can help you answer questions or recommend the best methods by using evidence-driven practices.

Places that might contain valuable professional information:

  • Health and Safety Organizations (OSHA, CDC, Washington L&I)
  • Regulating Bodies (government; municipal codes; professional credentialing groups -e.g. licensing, etc.)
  • Professional Organizations
  • Trade Publications for carpenters, construction workers, or related fields
  • Research or Policy papers on related topics 

Library Research Worksheets & Class Presentation


Presentation (PDF)

Creating Presentations with PowerPoint

Creating PowerPoints & Using Sources in your Own Work

PowerPoint from outline to presentation on LinkedIn Learning

Video of Library Research Session (recorded Spring 2020)

Research Techniques: video overviews - Opens in Panopto

  • You can use the Panopto video table of contents on the left to move to different parts of the video. (The quizzes in the video will require you to submit an answer before advancing the video past the quiz.)
  • If you would like to "speed up" the video pace, you can choose that on the lower-right of the video. 
  • Closed captioning is available (select the "CC icon" below the video run bar).

screenshot of the CC and playback speed icons on a Panopto video