Responding to COVID-19: Weaver Library is open Sunday through Thursday 9am-9pm, and Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm. You can also contact us by chat, text, and email during those hours. We’re providing limited services in the Main Library lobby. The Health Sciences Library is open to Health Sciences affiliates.Learn more about access during COVID-19.
Currently, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the only library open on campus to undergraduate students at UArizona is the Albert B. Weaver Science-Engineering Library. Weaver Science-Engineering Library has limited study space available at this time. Main Library on campus is scheduled to be opened at some point in the Spring 2020 semester, health regulations permitting. You can still check out technology from a desk near the entrance to Main Library.
If you need research help, you can either contact your librarian, at jpaschkewood@arizona.edu, or use the library's Chat service, which is available 9 am-9 pm, seven days a week.
For other assistance or questions, visit our Quick Answers.
Welcome to the UA Libraries!
Start off with this tutorial on using library resources:
Complete: Getting to Know Citations - tutorial, linked below at bottom of this box
Directions for your own citations in this course:
Ask your instructor which citation style you will be using. The UA Libraries provide citation guides for:
You can consult the OWL at Purdue for guidance on formatting.
Along with following a format for this course, you should understand that there are different citation styles to follow in different disciplines. You will need to learn a style and use it in your projects as you progress through your education. Keep these ideas in mind when using citations:
Think about how citations allow you to make bigger connections between what you have learned through research and your own ideas as you write.
Complete the Accidental plagiarism tutorial to learn when, why, and how to cite your sources in your papers.