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Video Tutorials
Short instructional videos.
Video Tutorials
Getting Started
Requesting Books from other Maine Libraries
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - Requesting Books outside of Maine & Requesting Articles USM doesn't own
Research
Writing
Citations
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Acknowledgements
USM staff thank the Libraries from whom we have borrowed videos to assist our students:
University of Maine Orono, Fogler Library
Getting Started
Search using the LibrarySearch catalog (UMaine)
Learn how to search our LibrarySearch catalog.
Requesting Books from other Maine Libraries
Request a book through the LibrarySearch catalog (UMaine)
Request books from other UMS Libraries.
Request a book through the MaineCat catalog (UMaine)
Get books from Bowdoin, Bates, Colby and other Maine Libraries.
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) - Requesting Books outside of Maine & Requesting Articles USM doesn't own
Interlibrary Loan (USM)
When to use and how to use Interlibrary Loan.
Research
Pre-Research Checklist (USM)
Start your research in an organized manner.
How Journals are Organized (USM)
See why journals often have volume and issue numbers.
How to do Database Searches (UMaine)
Get searching tips on ProQuest databases.
Evaluating Information Sources (USM)
Learn to critique your various information sources.
Using Google Scholar for Academic Research (UMaine)
Access research articles in Google Scholar while linking to USM resources.
Using a Thesaurus in an Online Database (UMaine)
How to use and get better results using a thesaurus.
Finding Peer Reviewed Articles (USM)
See what peer reviewed articles are and how to find them.
Writing
Plagiarism (USM)
Simple ways to avoid plagiarizing.
Synthesizing Information (USM)
Combining and citing sources for your paper.
Citations
APA 7th Edition Full Citations (USM)
Identify the information you need to create an APA citation.
MLA 9th Full Citations Format (USM)
Learn how to identify parts of a citation & create an MLA citation.
Zotero (USM)
Learn how to use a citation manager.
