Finding Information
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Experts@MinnesotaExperts@Minnesota profiles University faculty and research staff based upon their collegiate and departmental affiliations as well as their publications. Find potential collaborators, learn about the expertise of our faculty and research staff, and if you are profiled on the system, learn about funding opportunities that are relevant to the areas you publish in.
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Google ScholarTo gain off-campus access to articles from library journal subscriptions, change the Library Settings to University of Minnesota Twin Cities in Google Scholar (see this tutorial:
http://z.umn.edu/googlelink) Use Google Scholar to find articles from academic publishers, professional societies, research institutes, and scholarly repositories from colleges and universities. Look for the "FindIt@U of M Twin Cities" links in your Google Scholar search results to access library subscriptions. Learn more: Google Scholar FAQ: http://www.lib.umn.edu/faq/5341. -
U of MN Library SearchSearch both our paper collection and online materials simultaneously.
Reading Research Articles
Keeping Track of Your Work
Sample Workflow
- Determine keywords to search using mind mapping
- Identify databases
- Look for articles using database
- Evaluate results
- Select relevant articles
- Save references to citation manager
Citing Your Sources
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Citation Management ToolsCitation managers are software packages used to create personalized databases of citation information and notes. They allow you to: import and organize citation information from article indexes and other sources save links to pdfs and other documents, and in some cases save the document itself format citations for your papers and bibliographies using APA and many other styles include your own notes.
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Writing with SourcesFrom the University of Minnesota Writing Center.
Other Research Support Tools
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Assignment CalculatorThe Assignment Calculator breaks down research and writing projects into manageable steps based on your due dates. Each step includes hints and "how-to" links. You can also sign up to get text reminders for each step.
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Tutorial: Communicating Your Research with PostersLearn about designing posters in this interactive tutorial.
Off-Campus Access to Library Journals & Databases
In addition to going through links on the library website, we have 2 other ways to access resources from off-campus.
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Proxy BookmarkletAdd this button to your browser toolbar and click on it to reload a page and authenticate as a U of M user.
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Virtual Private Network (VPN)Download and log in to VPN before accessing resources
Last Updated: Jun 8, 2020 4:36 PM