Need Help With Your Research Project?
The Reference and Instruction Department provides access 24 hours per day/7 days per week to resources that will help you with your research. Use a link below to start or contact the department for more help.
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Writing Research Papers
Help Writing Papers: How to develop a topic, locate scholarly resources and critically analyze websites.
How to Cite Resources: Contains links to guides for MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian and ASA styles
How to Write Annotated Bibliographies: Details necessary information for writing an annotation. Contains examples of MLA, APA, and Chicago styles for annotated bibliographies.
How to Evaluate Websites: Five criteria for evaluating web pages.
Guide to Copyright and Plagiarism: Know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
Doing Research
Need Help with a Certain Topic?? Try one of our subject guides.
Help searching for Articles: Learn how to effectively search for articles. Includes guides to Boolean logic as well as links to guides on how to search library databases.
Help Searching for Books: Understand how to search for a book in the library, as well as how to use the Library's Online Catalog for your research.
Quick Look-up Tools: Contains links to online reference sources to help you begin your research.
Need Extra Help?
Call the Reference Desk at 673-3222
Stop by the Reference Desk during scheduled hours
Request an Individual Research Appointment: Meet one-on-one with a librarian to get help with your research topic.
Ask Us 24/7 - Chat with a librarian any time day or night
Need to Know More?
Reference and Instruction Services: Learn about the Reference and Instruction Services Reed Library has to offer to you.