Getting Started With Inquiry

 

Getting Started with the UConn Library:

 

Stepping Into University-Level Research Methods

Nature of College Research

• College level assignments expect you to base your writing on sources that are scholarly and credible (beyond Wikipedia). 
• Instructors scrutinize sources to make sure that they are authored by individuals/entities with affiliations to reputable institutions/organizations. 
• The expectation when you use sources is that  you can vouch for the material's substance.  

• Anatomy of a Scholarly Article

• Lab Report Basics

Research Start Guides

• FYE: First Year Experience - Storrs — Babbidge Library

  An introduction to college research and library resources and services at the Homer Babbidge Library in Storrs. The guide includes links to basic tutorials.

• Research Quickstart

  Provides a starting guide to using the library's resources for research, along with quick looks at primary/secondary sources, scholarly/popular, reading citations, and using Google Scholar.

  • Selecting a Topic

  • Using Google Scholar

  • Get Started — Forming a Research Question

 

UConn Databases:

 

*You will need your ECE Net ID and Password. 

 

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What resources are available?

• Books.  You can check out actual books from UConn libraries.
• eBooks.  You can check out digital books using your Net ID and Password.
• Databases

 

There are A LOT of databases available.  Make sure to narrow down your search.  Start with narrowing down the subject. 

 

Better Ways to Search:

 

Connect Google Scholar to UConn and find full text articles.