Upcoming Workshops
Writing Assistance
- SOLES Graduate Writing CenterThe SOLES Graduate Student Writing Center is a virtual space designed to accommodate both online or on-campus graduate students for whom distance or busy schedules conflict with coming to campus.
The Center's free web-based service provides students with feedback on digital versions of their assignments and offers one-on-one coaching sessions via remote conferencing. - USD Writing CenterThe Writing Center tutoring services are free and by appointment, with drop-ins accommodated if appointment slots are open. Tutoring sessions usually last 45 minutes to one hour. Note: The Writing Center is not open during finals, Intersession or Summer Session.
- APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue OWL)Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) includes detailed APA guidance in addition to resources about research and writing.
- UNC Writing Center Tips & ToolsTips & tools from UNC's Writing Center
About this guide
Welcome to the Learning Design & Technology program libguide! This guide will have helpful APA and research information for you. If you have questions or need help, please contact me via the "Email Me" box under my photo.
Table of Contents
- Home: Guide overview & features social justice resources
- Finding Resources: Links & descriptions for recommended journals & databases
- Citation Help: APA Style help & citation manager information
- Tutorials: Guides for common databases & tools used by SOLES faculty, staff, & students
- External Web Resources: Selected elearning websites and tools
- Publishing Your Work: List of resources for those interested in publishing creative or scholarly work
- Remote Access Guide: Contains up-to-date info for COVID-19 related changes to library services or resources
Getting Started
The checklist below provides a few recommendations for browser bookmarks, extensions, & add-ons that will help ease your graduate transition & enrich your research experience.
- UnpaywallUnpaywall searches for free & legal versions of research articles as you browse online. Great to use when researching via Google Scholar or publisher journal platforms (e.g., Taylor & Francis or ScienceDirect).
- Open Access ButtonFree, legal research articles delivered instantly or automatically requested from authors.
- Google Scholar ButtonThe Scholar button is a browser add-on which installs a browser button for easy access to Google Scholar from any web page. It can be used to find full text content available on the web or in the Copley Library collection.
- Chronicle of Higher Education This link opens in a new windowTop destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989