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<span style="font-size: 150%">**Digital Commons**</span>
Digital Commons is an online platform that enables institutions to manage, display, and publish scholarship on the internet.
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Sarah Lawrence uses Digital Commons to house collections from the College's faculty, students, and staff.
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As of May 2015, a majority of master’s theses and capstones are published in Digital Commons @ Sarah Lawrence, including theses from the Human Genetics program.
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Why might you want to access previous years’ thesis work?
* It’s a good way to understand recent scholarship.
* You may be able to further your own research by reviewing the bibliographies of similar thesis projects.
[[Next|Digital Commons: Video]]You can also find collections from other colleges and universities, giving you access to recent scholarship in the broader academic field.
Watch the video below to see how to search and access Digital Commons.
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<span style="font-size: 150%">**Digital Commons Quiz**</span>
Your turn! From the {link to: 'https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/library/', label: 'Library Homepage'}, access Digital Commons to answer this question:
What year is the following Human Genetics thesis from?
_Adolescent Perspectives on Genetic Testing for Huntington’s Disease_, by Katelyn Cooke, Elizabeth Crate, Ravneet Grewal, and Jennifer Huynh-Lim
* [[2015|false_digcomm]]
* [[2018|true_digcomm]]
* [[2019|false_digcomm]]
**Incorrect!** From the {link to: 'https://digitalcommons.slc.edu/genetics_etd/ ', label: 'Human Genetics Theses and Capstones webpage'}, you will see when you scroll down that the Thesis mentioned is from the 2018.
FYI: Pre-2015 Thesis work is cataloged and accessible in the Main Library Collection.
If you have any questions or need research help, {link to: 'https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/library/research/', label: 'ask a librarian!'}**Correct!** Nice work! You're already an expert researcher.
FYI: Pre-2015 Thesis work is cataloged and accessible in the Main Library Collection.
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