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Bunting: Finding other resources (like books)

Library resources for Dr. Bunting's English Composition I class

Step 5: Save Your Citations

Step 5Most importantly, use your citation help and tools to start saving your citations right away. Nothing is more frustrating than finding a good resource and then not being able to find it later.

Since you have to complete a working bibliography for your paper, save anything you even think you might use for your final paper.

Search Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to search for scholarly literature on the internet using the familiar interface of Google.

Google Scholar Search

Work from anywhere!

Relaxed at deskMadigan Library's databases can be accessed from wherever you are, 24 hours a day/7 days a week.

Once you click on a database, you will login with your network ID & password - the same you use to login to any campus computer.

Find books in the Madigan Library

Google books

Using Google books, you can search inside every page of the books in their database. You can then use the Find in a Library link to find out if we have the book you need in the Madigan Library

 
Google Book Search

Search for Articles

Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed Journals

What are "scholarly" or "peer-reviewed" articles?

  • Written by experts in that field
  • Content has been critically evaluated by other experts
  • Articles tend to be longer, anywhere from 5 to 35 pages
  • Contains bibliography/reference list of other sources used

Do we own it?