⇒ Guide to Citation Style Manuals
⇒ Ask a LibrarianSearching across databases just got easier! The library's Easy Search allows you to find articles and books in multiple information sources. Let's try a search. In the search box, type "clean fuel vehicles." Your results list includes articles from four different databases spanning across a variety of disciplines and books that are located at the University Library as well as books from I-Share participating libraries. This type of search will get you started by expanding your general knowledge on the subject. If you pay attention to the terminology used in the databases, you might decide to repeat your search again using the words "electric vehicles" or "fuel cells."
What if I only have a partial citation for an article?
The Journal and Article Locator is a tool that may help you track down your citations. Let's try it out. In the "Journal name" search box type "Journal of Philosophical Logic." Your results lead you to a match under the "Electronic journal search." This link will bring you directly to the Online Research Resources page. There is also one result under "UIUC Online catalog search." This is the print copy of the journal located in the library. You may also use this service to search partial citations. Please note that it may still be necessary to search within the database to find a specific article.
How do I find reference resources, like encyclopedias, online?
The Online Reference Collection brings together basic reference resources such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, book reviews, literary criticism sources, and much more. This is a great stop for finding quick facts and background information on a research topic. For example, American Men and Women of Science profiles living persons in the physical and biological fields as well as public health scientists, engineers, mathematicians, statisticians, and computer scientists. Are you looking for statistics? Check out the Find Statistics guide.
How can I get help formatting and organizing my citations?
Once your research gets going, citations seem to multiply quickly. Are you having trouble understanding the difference between APA and MLA? We have created a guide to help you cite a source. The Guide to Citation Style Manuals will help you wade through the details of how to format a bibliography for papers in different disciplines. If you have a lot of citations, you may want to consider RefWorks, a free citation manager that not only lets you build your own database but it will also quickly and efficiently format your bibliography. RefWorks is web-based so you can access your citations from any computer. The library offers workshops and tutorials on how to use RefWorks.
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