WRIT 1380: Flements of Academic Writing: Food for Thought: Welcome!

Never pay for an article or book or access to resources.

In most cases (except for textbooks), the Cornell Library has online journals, newspapers, magazines, ebooks and print books, or can get them for you at no charge to you! 

Passkey can help you find it at Cornell.

Each page in this guide relates to a step in the library research process:

• Identifying and Negotiating a Research Topic
  How to identify a viable topic and negotiate changes in your topic as you go
• Reference Sources for Background and Context on a Topic
  Find articles that summarize the topic, explain key concepts, define terminology and much more
• Finding Books
  Find items held at Cornell (books, videos, journal holdings, etc.)
• Finding Articles
  Find articles, essays, and book chapters
• Requesting Items not available at Cornell
  BorrowDirect and Interlibrary Loan
• Evaluating Your sources
  Some tips on how to evaluate the sources you've found
• Citing Your Sources
  Guides and resources for preparing your bibliography
• Getting Help
  Ask a Librarian!