ESL 130: English as a Second Language Advanced Composition & ESL 290F: University Writing

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• Your subject specialist librarian
• The subject research guide for your major
• The top databases for your major or topic
• Citation managers such as RefWorks
• UMLinks
  
• Interlibrary Loan
• Ask a Librarian service. Reference librarians are available to assist you. Contact us!
  

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Use a citation manager, such as RefWorks to keep track of your research.

Put all your references in RefWorks, create quick and easy bibliographies, build your knowledgebase.

If you need more help or info on RefWorks, check out the online guides and webinars or Ask a Librarian.

If you're looking for another citation management option to RefWorks, try Zotero.

What's a peer-reviewed journal?
Many of our journals are peer-reviewed. If you don't know what that means or why it matters, watch this video.

 To find books at UMass, you have two options.

1. Start with the general search box on the library home page, www.library.umass.edu.  
   Advantages:
   This catalog gives you access to libraries and collections throughout North America and beyond! It starts with UMass but does not limit you to our catalog.
   
   
2. Or, use the Five Colleges Library Catalog.
   Advantages:
   This catalog lets you search in some very specifc ways, for example, by Library of Congress Subject Heading. Be as specific as possible in your searching. Start with a subject search (use keyword if subject yields no results). Search by author, title, subject, keyword, call number, journal title, etc. For materials on a specific subject, enter your term(s) into the Subject or Keyword search boxes.

NOTE: Many of our newer books are online only. If  you prefer a paper copy, we can help you borrow via Inter-Library Loan.

Here are some ways to find information in a variety of subjects and formats.

After you've run a search, use the button to retrieve articles or to be taken directly to the Interlibrary Loan request page, so you can order the article if UMass does not have it.