Green River LibGuides: Carpentry: Home

Welcome to your Carpentry Research Guide!

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

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

Carpentry Library Research Worksheet (online)
A research worksheet for our class that you can fill out on a computer.
Carpentry Library Research Worksheet (print version)
Use this version of our research worksheet if you want to print it out and fill it in by pen or pencil.
CARP - Fall 2024 - ID candidate policy class worksheet
This is the activity worksheet from our class group activity on Oct. 10, 2024.

Presentations (PDF)

Carpentry Library Class- PowerPoint (PDF)
A copy of the slides from our Fall library session if you would like to view the examples or exercise again!
CARP - Fall 2024 - Researching Policy Positions on Housing, Homelessness, and the Skilled Trades
These are the slides from our class on Oct. 10, 2024. You can us this document to access links and resources from our session together.

Creating Presentations with PowerPoint

Creating PowerPoints & Using Sources in your Own Work

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL): Designing Effective PowerPoint Presentations
This short presentation (the slides are available online) shows how to organize a quality presentation for a school or work project. From the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Purdue Online Writing Lab: Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing
This guide from the Purdue OWL shows the difference between using a direct quotation, paraphrasing, and summarizing outside information in your own writing or presentations. All 3 methods are good ways to include outside information in your presentation while still being true to the original sources.

PowerPoint: From Outline to Presentation
This LinkedIn Learning video tutorial will show you how to organize a presentation outline and turn it into a solid PowerPoint Presentation.

You will need to set up your GRC LinkedIn Learning account if it is your first time logging in to LinkedIn Learning - you can find the video by searching its title, or clicking on this link again once you are logged in and have set up your account.

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).

Carpentry Library Research Class Video 1
This video covers an introduction to the research process, library guide, worksheet, and an overview of major information types from government, industry, and publications aimed at the general public.
Carpentry Library Research Video 2
This video covers outlining your presentation so you can identify where outside sources can help the most, and searching efficiently with topic keywords.
Carpentry Research Video 3
This video covers locating additional sources outside of governmental sites, and how to give credit to your sources in your presentation.