Remember that you can ask for help!
Contact Roxanne Bogucka, Hannah Chapman Tripp, or other subject librarians.
We can usually help if:
- you are finding too little (or too much) on your topic
- you can't get the full text of an article
- you can't find a book or are having problems with an e-book
- and remember . . .
To locate background information, these sources might help:
- Wikipedia - authors are anonymous, vetted (maybe) by the public
- Gale eBooks (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) - written by experts, vetted by editors
- Books - library catalog - it is possible to limit to e-books
- Government websites (you can find technical reports, statistics, and more)
To come up with keywords and their synonyms and related terms
- Read some background on the topic to get a sense of it; take note (keep a list) of new or related concepts
- Library research is an iterative process - you should do multiple searches to get the best articles
To find articles use the library's databases, such as:
Use the Find it @ UT button to see if the full text of the article is available in another database or in print in the library.
