The following guides were written by the librarians at Grace Library to give Carlow students assistance with common research topics and tools.

Use the drop down menu to select a research guide topic.

• Career Research
• Company Research
  

• APA Style (PDF)
• MLA Style (PDF)
  

• African American Biography and History
• Cross Cultural Perspectives in Child Rearing (PDF)
• Intercultural Communication
• Women Biographies and History
• Women in Society (PDF)

• Blackboard - Linking to an EBSCOhost article from Blackboard (PDF)
• Blackboard - Linking to a Wilson Omnifile article from Blackboard (PDF)
• CINAHL on EBSCOhost Search Strategy
• CQ Researcher (PDF)
• EBSCOhost (PDF)
• FirstSearch (PDF)
• Google Searching Tips (PDF)
• Issues and Controversies on File (PDF)
• Off Campus Access to Library Services (PDF)
• Searching a Computerized Index
• Wilson Omnifile Full Text Select (PDF)
• World Almanac (PDF)
• World News Digest (PDF)
  

• Finding Your Representatives and Senators

• African American Literature
• How to do Literary Research
• Literature: American, British and World (PDF)
• MLA on CD-ROM
• Philosophy
• Shakespeare
• Women Writers
  

• Supreme Court Cases
  

• Borrowing From Other Libraries
• Call Numbers
• E-Reserves (PDF)
• Evaluating Internet Information
• EZ Borrow
• Frequently Asked Questions about Grace Library
• Library of Congress Subject Headings (PDF)
• Literature Reviews
• Magazine vs. Journal: What's the Difference

• Online Catalog Browse Search (PDF)

• Online Catalog My Library Account (PDF)

• Online Catalog Power Search (PDF)

• Online Catalog Quick Search (PDF)

• Periodical Articles - How to Find Them
• Periodicals Locator (PDF)
• Primary vs. Secondary Sources
• Research Articles and How to Spot Them
  

• CINAHL on EBSCOhost Search Strategy
  

• Counseling Psychology
• Pro and Con
• Public Policy (PDF)
• Sociological Abstracts from CSA
• Theology
• Opposing Viewpoints

Note: Some Research Guides are formatted as PDF documents. You need to have the Adobe Reader installed on your PC to view PDFs. This is free software. To download Adobe Reader go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html.

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