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Get Started with Your Research

Starting a Research Project:

Library Research Strategy

Searching for Source Materials:

Finding books, audio-visual material, manuscript collections, periodicals and more!
Finding articles
Primary and secondary sources
Using and evaluating Internet sources
Subject Guide to indexes and databases
Tips for searching indexes and databases
Library Guides to selected resources by discipline

Obtaining Materials not in the Library:

For articles, use the Interlibrary Loan service
For books, first check Maine InfoNet or NExpress and request online. If not there, then use the Interlibrary Loan service

Writing Assistance:

Presenting Your Research:

Contacts and Questions:

Library contacts
Ask a reference librarian
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Library hours

Getting Around:

Library buildings - map
Branches
Location of collections and services
Library locations (as shown in Location column on catalog records)
Connecting your laptop in the library
- with an Ethernet cable
- through the wireless network

Borrowing Library Materials:

Loan periods
Locating reserves
Obtaining list of materials checked out to you

Portions of these pages courtesy of CBB Library and IT Consortium

This page maintained by Library Web Team. Last update: August 28, 2004.

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