The facets and key questions below are from the Researcher Skill Development Framework. Research is cyclical, and a librarian can help you navigate through this process.
The library provides a variety of materials, such as:
The library generally does not have textbooks. Work with the subject librarians to find resources, course reserves and open educational resources. Also direct students to the Textbook Savvy guide.
NOTE: If you would normally show a DVD in class and are now teaching online, we can help.
Field Searching - search for words only in the title, subjects, etc. to try to limit your results to more relevant articles
Subject Searching - start with a thesaurus and add relevant terms to search
Pearl Growing - do a general search, look at what words relevant articles use, see which subject terms are helpful, and revise original search incorporating new information.
Literature reviews are something you will find yourself doing during Graduate school. It's important to learn how to identify a literature review and how to write one. The library has a comprehensive guide on literature reviews.
There are many different ways to organize your references, but the easiest way is through a citation manager. Citation managers allow us to save, organize, and share articles and references. A few of the citation managers that the library promotes are Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote. EndNote is a subscription-based citation manager. Zotero and Mendeley are free to use.
The library has created a citation styles guide for additional information on the different citation styles.