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URSI: Undergraduate Research Summer Institute

Hello!

Agenda

Introduction

Research lifecycle

Literature search soup to nuts 

  • Search strategy
  • Selecting databases
  • Searching
  • Evaluating
  • Managing references 

Wrapping up

  • Additional resources
  • Library support 

This guide provides quick links and help for URSI participants. Don't hesitate to ask a librarian if you have questions about finding or access to journals, books, ebooks, searching database, tools for organizing your citations...or anything else that will support your research. 

Accessing Online Resources

First things first: You'll need to get access to databases, journals, books, and other materials.

Troubleshooting Paywalls
  • Search for the article or book title in Library Search

  • Search on GoogleScholar to see if the author(s) made a copy available
  • Request through ILLiad/InterLibrary Loan

Resources and search strategies by subject

Check out our research guides to find out which databases, ebook collections, and journals will be relevant to your research in a particular discipline.