As MAISS student, you have a Liaison Librarian!
Your Liaison Librarian is there to help you with any library-related questions you might have, including, and not limited to:
- Quick research assistance, eg.
- How to find a particular journal article or book
- Obtaining full-text of a source via our resource sharing services
- Tips and tricks to expand or narrow your search to find the sources you want.
- In-depth research consultations, eg.
- Guidance in refining or breaking down your research topic, so that it is "searchable"
- Developing a comprehensive search strategy to cover all your bases.
- Managing your search results, eg.
- Saving your results in GALILEO, GIL-Find Catalog, and individual databases
- Folder management of your results
- Setting up search alerts based on a sound search query
- Citation assistance, management, and plagiarism prevention, eg.
- Guidance on citing accurately
- Recommended tools for organizing your citations and plagiarism prevention
- One-on-one or small group tutorial on how to use EndNote.
Your liaison librarian's contact details are in the profile box in this Guide. You can contact your liaison librarian by:
- Email
- Chat online, if they are available
- Schedule a research consultation
- Phone
- Drop into Reese Library to ask to see them* (it is easier if you schedule an appointment)
- Through the Library Q&A Discussion Board if there is one available in your D2L
If you require assistance immediately and you cannot reach your liaison librarian, we recommend 'Chat with a Librarian', phoning the library, or dropping into Reese Library.
