College professors often ask students to use peer-reviewed articles in their research. What do they mean?
New York Times - Group pass allowing unlimited online access (activation directions); Access past articles through MUSCAT Plus
Wall Street Journal - Group pass allowing unlimited online access (activation directions); Access past articles through MUSCAT Plus
Washington Post - Access news articles from the daily Washington Post. Journalists report on politics, business, world national news, and more. Coverage goes back on a rolling 15 year basis. NOTE: Account creation is not necessary. The library provides site/remote access but ads will appear alongside news articles.
USA Today - Access past articles via ProQuest Central database
Need even more news? See our News research guide.
The Environmental Studies department generally recommends using APA style.
Most formatting issues are addressed in this quick guide from University of Alberta Library. For a deeper dive, consult Purdue OWL APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th ed).
Alternatively, visit the Research Help Desk to consult our physical copy of the APA Guide:
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by To help with formatting citations, you may find tools like Zotero or Refworks useful. Ask a librarian for a quick tour of what these tools can do. You will definitely love using them by the time you write longer papers like your capstone or thesis!
For more information about citation styles and citation management software see the citation guide.
The library will host 30-minute workshops in September and October on specific topics including:
The schedule is available on Engage.
These short, online tutorials can help you become a library research whiz in no time!
