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Library Guides, Help Sheets, and Pathfinders
(Additional health science-related material is available on the Mulford Health Science Library's web page.)

LibGuides

The LibGuides site is a collection of subject or course specific web portals developed by UT librarians.  You can browse by topic or see a list of guides designed to go with specific courses.

Library Tutorial

A general overview of the Libraries, the Catalog, Databases, and the basics of Citations is available as a web-based Library Tutorial. 

Guides to the Research Process

These general guides will help you use the library for research and write up the results.  Remember that the Writing Center can also help you in writing your term papers.

  • Anxiety and Library Use (Mulford)
  • Getting Your Research Started 
  • Assessing an Information Need (Mulford) 
  • Evaluating Information
  • Evaluating Websites
    • Google Research Tools: Google Book Search & Google Scholar
  • How to Write Annotations
  • Lifecycle of Scientific Information
  • Journals vs. Magazines
  • Subject vs. Keyword Searching
  • Citations & Style Guides
    • Citations Tutorial
    • Citations LibGuides (for current APA and MLA Styles)
    • Guide to American Psychological Association (APA) Style Bibliographies
    • Guide to Turabian Style Footnotes and Bibliography
    • Guide to Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Bibliographies
    • Citation Verification (Mulford) 
    • Bibliographic Management Software (Mulford)

Guides to the Library Databases & Resources

These guides will help you use specific library databases (like our catalogs or article indexes) and resources.

  • How to use the UT Library Catalog
    • UT Library Catalog Tutorial
    • Video Guide to the OhioLINK Catalog (OhioLINK)
  • Using Library of Congress Call Numbers 
  • Guide & Overview of OhioLINK System & Research Databases
    • Databases Tutorial
    • How to use OhioLINK Research Databases from OSearch 
    • How to use OhioLINK Research Databases from EBSCO
    • How to use Citation Index Databases from ISI 
  • Health Science Databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, etc.) (Mulford)
  • Compendex Tutorial Podcast (5.3 Mb mp3, Right Click & Save As... to download)
  • SciFinder Scholar Tutorial for Engineering
  • Subject Encyclopedias in Carlson Library 
  • Dissertations & Theses

Guides to Specific Subject Area Resources

  • Africana Studies
  • American Ethnicity
  • American History
  • Art & Art History
  • Athletic Training, Physical Therapy, & Kinesiology
  • Biographical Information Sources
  • Biological Sciences
  • Book Review Sources
  • Business Information Sources
    • Internatioal Business 
  • Career & Job Information
    • More career and job information can be found on the UT Career Services web site.
  • College Financial Aid Information
  • Communication
  • Counseling & Mental Health
  • Criminal Justice
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science 
  • Film
  • Geography
  • Humanities Research Collections on Microform
  • Latino/Latina Studies
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies 
  • Music
    • Jazz Studies
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Recreation & Leisure Studies
  • Religious Studies
    • Islamic Studies 
  • Social Work
  • Sociology 
  • Women's & Gender Studies
    • Women in STEMM 
  • World History

Guides to Internet Web Sites

Compiled by subject librarians, these guides point to important web resources.

  • Chemistry Information Resources 
  • General Science Information Resources 
  • Mathematics Information Resources 
  • Pharmacy Information Resources 
  • Physics & Astronomy Information Resources
  • Women Engineers Resources 
Page updated: September 15, 2009
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