To begin, see the Helmke Library brief guide to Doing Library Research to get ideas on how to choose a topic or research problem, develop a search strategy, use basic reference sources, and organize your work. You are welcome to print a copy of any publication from our growing list of Helmke Library Guides . We'll take you through the key tools a step at a time . . . . Always remember . . . Several of the library's many electronic databases and indexes offer access to the full text of these serial publications.
Full text means that the complete or partial content of an article is available in digital format.
To explore the databases and indexes that are best suited to your topic, make an appointment with a reference librarian. Or just try out one of the many resources you can access via the library's comprehensive Databases and Indexes page. Here is a key electronic database for finding articles in a wide range of disciplines . . . Abstracting and indexing for more than 3,200 popular magazines and scholarly journals in a wide range of fields including education, business, science and technology, and all social sciences and humanities disciplines, with over 1,200 titles available full text. Indexing coverage varies, with many titles covered 1990 to present.