This guide is intended to help first-year writing students at Carnegie Mellon University with research, citation, and navigating Libraries resources.
On the Find Sources page here, learn how to:
- Search the Libraries Catalog
- Find & search library databases
- Navigate the stacks of Hunt and Sorrells Libraries to find books
- And more
On the Access Sources page, learn how to:
- Get to the full-text of resources from on or off campus,
- Get a book or article from another library
- Request the CMU Libraries to add a book to the collection
- Get to our streaming videos
- and more.
On the Evaluate Sources page, learn how to:
- Skim a source for relevancy
- Assess the quality of a source
- Look out for bias
- Identify intended audience
- Figure out if a source is scholarly or not.
On the Citations page, learn how to:
- Cite sources in MLA, Chicago, or APA styles,
- See examples of citations
- Get links to citation management software
- Cite generative AI tools.
And on the Need Help? page, learn where you can go for help with research, writing, and other needs.
