LibGuides: African and African Diaspora Studies: More Help: Citation, Writing, Research

Research Consultations

Why would I talk to a librarian?

Librarians can help you with your search strategy: choosing how and where to search.
They can help you narrow and develop topics.
They can help you evaluate authority and determine credibility.
They can guide you on using information ethically.
Meet with me one on one or we can work through email. You can also use the chat service linked below.

Ask a Librarian Chat Service
Available until 9pm most nights, this service allows you to talk to a librarian about your research.
University Writing Center
One on one consultations with a writing specialist.

NoodleTools
This tool not only formats citations and bibliographies for you, it also helps you stay organized in the paper writing process.
Zotero
Whether you need to create footnotes, endnotes, in-text citations, or bibliographies, Zotero will do all the dirty work for you, leaving you free to focus on your writing. Create citations in Word and OpenOffice without ever leaving your word processor and add references to an email, a Google Doc, or some other editor simply by dragging one or more references out of Zotero.
Guide: Research Organization with Citation Managers
A citation manager provides valuable assistance as you research and as you write. They can help you with:
-Collecting bibliographic information for the sources you read and use.
-Organizing the PDFs and other documents that go along with the citations.
-As you write, formatting in-text citations or footnotes, and bibliographies

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Subjects: African American Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies, American Studies, Asian American Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies