Melissa Langridge (she/her)
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Alternatively, you can make a research appointment with another librarian.
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Noodletools is a citation generator that will not only help create citations, but help with annotated bibliographies, creation of notecards and outlines for your papers. To get started, complete this TUTORIAL.
Databases scan articles for the exact search terms that you type. Here are a few tips that will help increase or narrow your results.
Different keywords = different results
Use “or” to increase results. If you are searching for information specifically in the United States, try using the keywords (United States or America) to search both terms simultaneously.
Use Quotes when appropriate: This works really well when searching for a person or phrase. For example, “Ronald McDonald” or “obsessive compulsive disorder”. Databases will search for these words together.
Google: type in your keywords and add site:edu, site:gov. or site:org to receive only those types of websites in your results.
Truncation: Take the stem of any word, example teach* and add an asterisk. This will search for every form of the word simultaneously. For example: teach, teaches, teaching, teacher.
NU Library has over 144,000 books available in print. You may borrow up to 25 books and educational DVDs for 56 days. You may also borrow up to 10 recreational DVDs as part of that number for 7 days. You may renew online if you have a pin. If you don't have a pin, you may call the circulation desk at 716-286-8020 to obtain one.
Don't forget to check out Ebook Central. Our ebook database has more than 600,000 high-quality electronic books covering many different subjects.
Open images are available for use on the open web and other unrestricted environments. Always read and comply with the use restrictions for specific image sources. Always cite images someone else created. Images should not be sold or used in commercial products or for commercial purposes.
Feel free to use images from Google Images with one caveat. In an Advanced Image Search, select Creative Commons licenses in order to avoid violating copyrights.
Check out this open image resource guide brought to you by the fine folks at UW Bothell and Cascadia College.