The project you’re submitting for the Library Research Award for Undergraduates is great and you’re well on your way to winning $1,000 and eternal fame for your fantastic research. This is your reminder to make sure your bibliography is all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips. It’s important that you give credit to the work that aided your own work. Every Read More…
Category: Research Help
Library Photo of the Week
This week a UW Tacoma writing class got to play our prototype of “Research-to-Research,” a card game inspired by Mattel’s popular Apples-to-Apples. This is one of the ways our librarians bring innovative instruction exercises to the research environment! Look forward to learning more about this evolving activity in a future blog post. For now, please Read More…
10 Cool Things: Research Help
Welcome to Week 3 of Spring Quarter! I greatly enjoy surprising you, my patrons, with cool tips to support and enhance your research and information discovery. While I delight in your delight, I don’t want to keep these things a secret! Here are 10 things I want you to know about: I’m never too busy Read More…
Happy Spring Quarter, Huskies!
Happy Spring Quarter, Huskies! The library staff has been hard at work over the interim, and we want to remind you of some information that makes the library even easier for new and returning students to use as they wrap up this awesome academic year. Need to know info If you’re new to campus or Read More…
Get published! How to share student work in ACCESS*
We love to see students producing creative, exciting, and topical student work — and we love to share it with our community, too! If you have a paper or project you’d like to get out there, consider submitting it to ACCESS*, UW Tacoma’s interdisciplinary student research and scholarship journal. ACCESS* is an Open Access, peer-reviewed Read More…
Geez, why so many citation styles?
History The requirements of various citation styles can seem arbitrary, difficult, and like a professor’s favorite method of student torture. To manage your frustration, remember that the purpose of each style is to encourage consistency and meet the needs of a specific discipline. Chicago claims to be the oldest citation style, originating in 1891, when Read More…
Database Spotlight: SAGE Research Methods Online
This database would have, if I am honest, made my undergraduate years (way back when) a lot easier. Faculty: this is a fantastic tool to refer your students to if you are teaching an Intro to Research Methods course, and content could easily be embedded in your curriculum! SAGE Research Methods Online is a really nifty database Read More…
Snow Day: how to get research help!
Campus emergency updates As the snow and ice continue, please stay updated on campus closures on the UW Tacoma Emergency Communications Blog. Fines & due dates We’ve been receiving a lot of questions about due dates and late fines. Any item that is due while the University and Library are closed will be backdated to the Read More…
Aren’t encyclopedias for little kids?
In short, no! The UW Tacoma library has hundreds of subject encyclopedias, a great resource for some very non-elementary academic work. There are several reasons to use a subject encyclopedia. Encyclopedias are curated and ad-free Subject encyclopedias give an overview of a broad topic, but are narrow enough to be applicable. Unlike a search engine, Read More…
Research help desk closed while librarians improve services
The Research Help desk is closed this Friday, January 25, while the UW Tacoma librarians and research specialists are in Seattle for the American Library Association midwinter meeting. This multi-day event attracts librarians, educators, and other information professionals from around the world so that we can teach each other, exchange ideas, and bring the best Read More…