a blog about library developments, research practices & advice, and graduate student input
Schedule a research consultation if you need in-depth assistance with complex research assignments. Learn how to:
Focus your research topic
Plan your research strategy
Identify relevant sources of information
Find and evaluate sources efficiently
For brief or basic questions, try the reference desk, chat online with us now, or email us.
If needed, sessions can be up to 60 minutes long. [...]
Stop by Newman Library’s Reference Desk (2nd floor) for brief yet informative 15 minute workshops every Tuesday and Thursday at 12:45pm.
March 5th, Thursday, workshop: “Company’s Coming .. Are you prepared?” will help you with researching companies.
*You can drop in or sign-up for these workshops.
You are reading an article you found in a library database, and the author of the article quotes/cites another person’s work that you would like to incorporate into your paper. Who do you cite and how?
If you want to use a source that was cited in another source (a secondary source) for a paper you [...]
You have a research paper to write, and you need to do a literature review. Not sure what that is, how to do it, or how to incorporate it into your paper? Here are some websites to help you:
The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It – U. of Toronto
Writing the Literature Review – [...]
Learn how to be an effective and efficient researcher by attending free workshops taught by the information professionals at Newman Library. Attend any, or all, of the following workshops:
Database Survival Skills April 3 or 6
Precision Searching April 5 or 6
Web Research April 4
Basic Business Research April 4 or 5
Company Information April 4 or 5
Industry Information [...]
You have a research paper to write, and you need to do a literature review. Not sure what that is, how to do it, or how to incorporate it into your paper? Here are some websites to help you:
How to Write a Literature Review – U. of California, Santa Cruz
The Literature Review – Central Queensland University, Australia. [...]
Ever misplace the “perfect” article you printed for a paper? And then spent an hour or two trying to find it again? Or do you feel overwhelmed with tackling all the resources at the library, and you can’t remember which ones you have –or haven’t– already used?
A good way to manage and organize your research [...]
The Newman Library website added three new subject guides:
Geography & GIS (geographic information systems)
Microfinance Resource Guide
Elections 2008
Learn how to be an effective and efficient researcher by attending free workshops taught by the information professionals at Newman Library. Attend any, or all, of the following workshops:
Database Survival
Precision Searching
Web Research
Basic Business
Company Information
Industry Information
Annual Reports
Marketing
Accounting
Workshop Week starts September 27th (Thursday) and ends September 30th (Sunday). To read the full workshop descriptions and to register [...]
The Foundation Center’s (FC) mission is to “strengthen the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy“. The FC is a great resource to learn about foundations, philanthropy, and research funding in the US. The website links to foundation-sponsored reports, funding trends and news, a catalog of nonprofit literature, and other resources for [...]