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Research 101

This guide provides you with a basic outline of how to do research, from choosing a topic to citing your sources in the final draft. Remember to always ask a reference librarian if you need any help with your research

Database Basics

Database Basics

  • Rice Library provides access to more than 90 scholarly, literary, reference, statistical, medical, and multimedia databases.
  • Databases are accessible through the Databases Page of the library website.
  • In order to access Rice Library databases you must be enrolled for a class in the current semester.
  • You can access databases off-campus with your MyUSI username and password.
  • Searching in databases differs from searching with a web search engine (e.g. Google, Bing). See below for searching tips, strategies, and terminology.

Journal Finder

With Journal Finder, You Can:

  • Locate specific articles from citations
  • Find out if Rice Library subscribes to the full-text of specific journals, in what format,and for which dates
  • Identify journals in a given subject field