This guide will provide you with resources and strategies for your group project proposals and presentation in Dr. Beitl's class. Need help? Contact Jen Bonnet at Fogler Library!
Search the library catalog for materials on your topic (books, ebooks, videos, government documents). Many book records in URSUS include the table of contents, which can give you a sense of a book and help you decide if it would be useful for your research. Not sure where to locate an item in the library? There are maps on all floors of the library and at the reference desk.
There are many ways to hack Google, in order to conduct more complex searches and focus your results. In the above example:
For your ANT 250 projects, you may want to search Google using site:.gov to locate government information on your topics, such as climate change or ecotourism or waste management.
Use the Fogler database menu to identify online databases where you might find research that addresses your topic. Several databases that will be a good place to start are:
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