Research Consultations: Ask Us Anything!

Focus on your topic with some help from a librarian 

Halloween has come and gone, November is here, and the end of the semester approaches.

Have you already got a good handle on your rersearch projects?

If yes, congratulations!

If not, schedule a Research Consultation!

• Don't know where to start your research project?
• Having a hard time coming up with a good topic for that paper?
• Can't find any journal articles that fit your professor's specifications?

Make an appointment for a research consultation! 
Meet with a librarian to discuss your project and address any concerns one-on-one. Click here to schedule an appointment! :-)

Research Consultations: Get Your Research Going

Welcome to Fall Semster Week 10! 

The leaves on the trees are changing color. Starbucks is selling pumpkin spice lattes. And your professors are assigning research papers, reports, presentations, debates, annotated bibliographies, and more.

We're two-thirds of the way through Fall Semester; hopefully you've already completed all the research you need to do for your big end of semester assignments.

What's that?
You haven't started your research and/or you're feeling stuck? You are not alone!

If you're working on a research assignment and want some extra help, schedule a research consultation with a librarian. Research can be challenging. Sometimes you find too much information. Sometimes you find too little. Or maybe you don't even know where to start.

Librarians can help you refine a research topic, find sources, and show you how to cite your sources. Scheduling an individual meeting with a librarian can be the best way to learn how to use databases you're unfamiliar with, or find sources for a particularly tricky topic.

To schedule a research consultation, go to the library homepage, and click the Research Appointment link in the Ask us Anything box (in the lower left-hand corner of the page).

Don't wait until it's too late. Your paper that's due in December may seem like it's a long way off, but it'll be finals week before you know it. Schedule your research consultation today!

Librarians during Winter Break?

Have you ever thought about what the Librarians do when you aren't here? Most of us actually have lives. It's possible we have a TV show. Several of us have alter-egos.
When you get back see if you can guess who these "Super-Librarians" are at work. Hope you're out having fun.

Open Access Week Oct 20-26

October 20 – 26, 2014 is International Open Access Week - an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research.
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) theme for 2014’s International Open Access Week is "Generation Open".
Begun in 2007 as the National Day of Action for Open Access, the event was originally a partnership between SPARC and students who organized local events on a handful of campuses across the United States. SPARC’s student program, The Right to Research Coalition, has grown to more than 75 member student organizations, which collectively represent nearly seven million students in more than 100 countries around the world. The energy, creativity, and passion that sparked the National Day of Action for Open Access in 2007 can now be seen in projects like the Open Access Button, a student-developed tool that helps users find freely available copies of pay walled articles. (Open Access Button goes live sometime Tuesday!)

What do Librarians do while you are on break?

Have you ever thought about what Librarians do when you aren't here? Most of us actually have lives. One of us is headed to Georgia for the break. Two of us are going to Italy. Several of us, though, have alter-egos. When you get back see if you can guess who these "Super-Librarians" are at work. By the way, have fun.