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2018_Fa ASIA 254 Guide for First Year Students: The Basics

What I Wish I Would Have Known About The Library

Hear from students about the library services they value most, and wish they would have taken advantage of in their first year!

How to read a call number

Have you figured out how to search for materials online, but are still confused about how to actually find them in the library based on their call number? Then this video is for you! It provides a simple overview of the library's call number system and instructs you on how to find a book in the stacks.

Start Here for Scholarly Articles

Browse our Research Guides by Academic Subject

Our academic research guides are great places to start if you are embarking on a project in a particular subject, providing links to relevant databases, news sites, organizations, and encyclopedias, as well as giving you the contact information for the librarian who works with that department in the library.

How to Use Academic Search Premier

How to Use Academic Search Premier

This interactive tutorial walks you through finding both academic journal articles and popular journal articles using the database Academic Search Premier.

Start Here for Topic Overviews

These databases provide more general reference sources for getting started with research. Try a preliminary search to get an idea of your subject before digging in to more individualized sources.

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