EUREKA!: Mellon College of Science First-Year Experience: Start

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For more detailed guides by subject discipline, see the following or explore our research guides here.

This guide will help you get started with using and connecting to library resources.  The links in this guide provide some general and multi-disciplinary resources, as well as resources specific to Mellon College discipline areas.  Navigate the guide using the tabs about or the following links:

• Finding books: This tab guides you to print and electronic books including reference resources like encyclopedias and handbooks to help you start your research.
• Finding journal articles/searching databases:  The library offers a wealth of research databases to find and access scholarly research articles in any discipline.
• Citing sources:  Save hours of time by using tools like Mendeley to organize and cite research articles and other resources. This page also links to online citation style guides.
• Scholarly Vs. non-scholarly: Learn what is scholarly and non-scholarly resources and how to identify scholarly resources.
• Peer-review: What is peer-review and how to find if the article is peer-reviewed?

From the CMU Library Homepage you can search for materials across the library system including books, music, dissertations, and journal articles.

You can search by keywords, title, author or call number using the Advanced Search feature of the library catalog.

The results page will list CMU holdings and will be sorted by relevance by default.  You can sort by date, author, or title using the drop-down menu to the left of the search results. 

If the library doesn't have what you're looking for, consider Interlibrary Loan for access to non-CMU holdings.