HUMAN ASSISTANCE
There are several ways to get help from a librarian or Library staff member. I am your dedicated librarian and ways to contact me are in the box to the left, under my photo. In addition, you can use one of the following ways to get assistance:
Or search our frequently asked questions.
PLANNING A RESEARCH PAPER
Conducting a literature review is often a part of preparing your paper. Library resources will be helpful with this aspect of your project. Ask us if you have questions about refining your topic, search methods, writing tips, or citation management.The Writing Center will help you with the actual writing. You can see the Writing Center's drop-in schedule online.
USE CITATIONS TO AVOID ACCIDENTAL PLAGIARISM
If you will be using a lot of literature, formatting the citations for your References (sometime called Bibliography) by hand can be tedious. There are freely available software tools that can automate the process - with the advantage of offering you a large number of citation formats. The two I'd recommend the most would be Mendeley and Zotero. I am available to help you with either of these (I can also help with some of the other citation management systems, if you don't care for these two - just ask). There are also a lot of online tutorials on how to use Mendeley and Zotero.
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