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Writing a thesis, dissertation or senior project? The library can help you track, organize and keep up to date with the most relevant sources. This page will provide an overview of tools to help you track and manage citations, as well as how to keep up with key authors and new publications.
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The library maintains help pages to answer frequently asked questions.
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The library subject specialists maintain a list of online subject resource guides.
Please search for your topic in the Research Guide database
Subject specialists at the library can help you with individual or specialized questions. Feel free to contact a specialist by phone or email; they are also available for personal appointments.
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Created AH 1/11
Searching for cited references can be useful when conducting research for the following reasons:
- You can use it to find other works (articles, books, etc.) that have cited an important and/or highly relevant work on your research topic
- You can use it to assess the "importance" of a particular work by finding out how many other authors/works have cited a particular work
The library maintains a citation tracking guide that will help you achieve these aims
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As writers and scholars, you have a responsibility to use information legally and ethically. As CU students, you are bound by the CU Honor Code which prohibits and penalizes plagiarism.
There are a variety of style guides and manuals available in the libaries, including those listed below:
- American Anthropological Association
- American Chemistry Society Style Guide
- American Institute of Physics
- American Psychological Association
- American Sociological Association
- Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Council of Biology Editors Style
- Council of Science Editors Style
- Modern Language Association
- Turabian
Please also see the library's citation help page, which also includes information about bibliographic management tools, eg Zotero.
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RSS and Twitter are great ways to keep track of new journal articles, books, search terms; anything that will help you to keep updated in your field!
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Using RSS, you can collect information in one place rather than visiting various webpages.
- Content updates exist for websites, blogs, searches, everything!
For detailed help, see the library's RSS page. It includes step by step instructions on how to get started and how to set up database and new journal content among other things.
Researching a cutting edge topic? You may also want to harness the power of Twitter to keep up with changes. See the library's Twitter page for more information.
Need more help or have a specific question not answered here? Ask us!
Subject specialists at the library can help you with individual or specialized questions. Feel free to contact a specialist by phone or email; they are also available for personal appointments.
If your area of study is not listed, please contact us therough the Ask a Librarian services.
