Services for Undergraduate Students
Research Help
Tutorials & User Guides
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ResearchPath
. This tutorial will help you learn essential, time-saving library research skills.
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Use our
to find guides for subjects and classes, and resources by type and format.
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. Need help connecting to library databases while off campus? We have tips and tricks to help you connect. If you live off campus and need help with connecting to library databases, then we have some tips and tricks to help you connect.
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. Breakdown of differences between these types of sources.
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(External)
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Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals
. Video from Vanderbilt University showing differences between these types of periodicals. (3:12)
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. Five criteria for evaluating Web pages and Web sites.
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You Quote it, You Note it!
Fun, five-minute tutorial on how to avoid plagiarism. From Vaughan Memorial Library, Acadia University.
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Plagiarism & Academic Integrity at Rutgers University
. Excellent tutorial about plagiarism, with audio and movie clips.
Services
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– sign in to Library Catalog, Interlibrary Loan or MeLCat
Ask A Librarian
Librarian Blogs
Library Drop Boxes
Books and other materials may be returned to Waldo Library or one of the branch libraries on campus or through one of our convenient drop boxes:
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Engineering Campus
(Parkview) - Drop box on first floor, near front entrance and Lecture Hall D-115. Pick up Monday - Friday
9:15 a.m.
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College of Health & Human Services Campus
- Drop box on first floor near the Learning Resource Center. Pick up Monday - Friday
9:30 a.m.
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Haworth College of Business
- Drop box on first floor, by entrance closest to the Fetzer Center. Pick up Monday - Friday
10 a.m.
Amenities
Group Study Rooms
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Waldo Library: 4 rooms in 2 hour blocks; first come, first served. Get key at Patron Services window with Bronco Card
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Rooms available at the
Lockers at Waldo Library
Check out a locker at on a daily or semester basis ($10 deposit and Bronco ID required).
Comfy Seating Area
Relax and refuel with food and drinks in lounge on the lower level of Waldo Library.
Copy Center
Purchase office supplies or use our full-service center on the second floor of Waldo Library.
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