First Year Seminar: Home

This guide is intended to help you research topics in a wide variety of library resources. Using the tabs at the top of the Research Guide, navigate through the tabs to locate the specific type of resources you need including reference sources, books, journals and research databases, and web resources.

In this guide, you will find:

• Hints for successfully planning your research
• An introduction to our reference resources.  You can use these to quickly learn more about a given topic
• Where to find the books you need
• Access to our databases, which will greatly help your research
• Advice on how best to use the web for researching
• Other services available to you through the Library
• A host of tools to help you create citations, avoid plagiarism, and keep your research focused
• A Library Passport, which you can use to practice your research skills