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English 161: Writing About Torture: Getting Help with Research

For students studying with Professor Oh.

Reference Librarian Hours

The reference desk on the 2nd floor is always staffed by reference librarians at the following times:

Monday-Thursday: 10am-7pm

Friday: 10am-5pm

Sat: 10am-4pm

Sun: 1pm-5 pm

 

How Exactly Can Librarians Help Me?

Librarians help with the following research-related activities:

  • Narrowing down a topic
  • Suggesting resources for finding credible background information on a topic
  • Coming up with effective search terms
  • Finding books and articles
  • Figuring out which research tools are the best fit for your topic (there are over 350 choices!)
  • Getting more (and better) search results
  • Saving, emailing and printing articles
  • Getting books and articles from other libraries
  • Creating bibliographies with RefWorks