Office by Alex Penny
Tips from the University of Iowa Libraries.
Searching for government information online? To find US government sources through Google, add “site:.gov” to your keyword search. This will limit the search online to websites in a .gov domain. Bonus: if you want to find documents from another government website, just figure out what the domain is for that. For example, the government of Canada uses gc.ca.
Need an image to complement your research topic? Here are about 2,000 to choose from (both the quirky and the profound): http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/govcomics.
Click on the poster image to search by topic.
This video from the University of Bergen spells out the basics of plagiarism, and how to avoid it. Make sure you turn on the closed captions, since they speak in Norwegian…though the quotes from Dirty Harry are all in English.
If you’re having a hard time getting started with research, you might check to see if there’s a subject guide to help you out. From the library homepage, click on “Subject Guides” and you can select your general category from the drop-down menu. (Or you can browse all the guides.)
Each guide has a variety of links on that particular topic, often including databases to find articles, suggested books, and other resources — including contact information for the librarian who specializes in that field.
Need a scholarly article, but don’t know which database to use? Try the Online@Iowa video: Selecting a Database.
No matter what your major, there’s a librarian for you. Contact ‘em when you’ve got specialized questions.
If you want to find information from a particular website, you can still use Google. just add “site:____” to your search. In the example above, we just wanted to search for information about football on the University of Iowa website.
Thanks pashminasandpinksunglasses.
(Photo from ryangoslingonline.)
It’s true, librarians can help you pick the perfect place to search for articles and more. Just ask us!
If you need a definition, the fastest way is to type “define: ________” into Google. The top results will be from a dictionary. Clicking “More info” will bring up definitions from other dictionaries.
