12 Things You Should Know About Library Guides

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12 Things You Should Know About Simmons Library Guides.

1. This is a Library Guide.

Course Guide

Subject Guide

Career Guide

How-To Guide

2. There are four types of Library Guides:

Subject Guide

Career Guide

How-To Guide

Course Guide

3. You can get to all of them from here.

4. There’s an alphabetical list with links to the Library’s electronic resources.

5. There are guides specially designed for Social Work students.

6. Each guide has resources to get you familiar with a new topic...

7. To get you deep into theresearch…

8. And to help you use the APA Citation Style.

9. Library Guides recommend other, related subject resources.

Social Work

SW 441: Social Work Research

Statistics & Demographics

Psychology

SW 401: Social Policy

Public Health

Research Organization

Social Work Careers

Finding Tests & Measures

10. Library Guides offer techniques for getting the most out of a search.

11. Library Guides offer strategies for picking the best, most relevant piece of information.

12. Library Guides connect you to librarians.