About the Library
The library offers a wide range of services to students on both the Hammond and Westville campuses
Library Services:
- Computer access
- Interlibrary loan
- Printing & Copying
- Research Help
- Access to journals, articles, books, and other media
- Course Reserve Textbooks
Subject Guide
Select a Research Topic
- Choose a topic that interests you
- Read through background information
- Write out your topic as a statement and select the main concepts
- Start making a list of words to describe your topic (try to come up with 3 or 4)
- Come up with synonyms for the list of words that describe your topic
Having trouble deciding what to write about? Try looking at the links below to get some ideas:
- ScienceDirect - All Subscribed Content This link opens in a new windowElsevier ScienceDirect is a leading scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 journals and almost 30,000 books.
- Springer Link This link opens in a new windowProviding corporate researchers with access to millions of scientific documents from journals, books, series, protocols and reference works.
Architecture, Design, & Environment
- GreenFILE This link opens in a new windowOffers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more. The database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 538,000 records, as well as Open Access full text for more than 5,800 records.
Other eReferences
Looking for an overview of standards, definitions of terms or concepts, important events, and bibliographic references? Many useful reference works are now available online.
- Knovel This link opens in a new windowEngineering information and data analytics.
Knovel provides numerical and tabular data from leading engineering and science resources, including handbooks and encyclopedias. Some tables are interactively searchable. - Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowTraces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowOnline reference library provides advanced searching and full-text of hundreds of dictionaries and encyclopedias in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Cross-reference links and interactive concept maps provide answers and enable further exploration of topics. Images include 17,000 works of art from the Bridgeman Art Library Archive.
Developing Keywords
- Keyword ExerciseAn exercise for you to practice developing keywords and synonyms
- Choosing Keywords ExampleSome suggestions on how to get started with selecting keywords from a main topic.
Career Information
Occupational Outlook Handbook includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earnings, and job outlook for hundreds of different types of jobs and occupations.