Search Basics

• Online tutorials

  or see these Guides:

  • Using Novanet
  • Finding journal articles
  • Reading call numbers
  • Boolean operators
• Google guide (pdf)
• Google scholar guide (pdf)
• Accessing E-books

Research Tips

• Planning your research
• Scholarly journals vs Popular magazines vs Trade publications (pdf)

(or see the online tutorial)

• Primary Sources
• How to Find Literary Criticism
• Evaluating Internet Resources
• Marketing Plan Outline
• Locating Patents
• How to read and find SIC codes and NAICS codes

Subject Guides

• Accounting
• Anthropology
• Asian Studies
• Astronomy & Physics
• Atlantic Canada Studies
• more subjects...

Academic Writing

• Writing an annotated bibliography
• Writing a literature review
• The "perfect" term paper
• A student's guide to avoiding plagiarism
• Writing Centre
• Theses preparation, format and submission guidelines

Style Guides and Citations

• Information on APA, MLA and other styles used to cite sources
• Refworks

Library Orientation

• Virtual tour of the library  - (also available in French, Mandarin, and Arabic)
• How do I?
• A Glossary of Library Terms
• Where is it in the Library?
• International Students Library Guide.
• Graduate Student's Resources. NEW!