The library offers tons of useful information in the form of journal articles, reports, statistics, and more. These are the kinds of sources that your professors will expect you to use in your papers, and they generally aren’t available through Google. But finding the good stuff does take practice.
The video above shows you how to choose a database and search within it to find articles on a topic.
And, of course, we have books, too. Most books and e-books can be found through WestCat, the library's online catalog. If you don't find what you need through WestCat, you can request books from other Illinois libraries through I-Share.
The video above demonstrates how to find a book in WestCat. Here's a link to the books mentioned in the video:
This activity will test your understanding of how to find books and articles: http://bit.ly/11APPAx