Find Articles

Find Books
& Videos

Brookens Library has created handouts, guides, and video demonstrations to help you navigate particular databases as well as help on the library research process in general.

Guides for Finding Information

• Choosing an Article Database
• Evaluate Information
• Find Websites
• Getting Started: Types of Information Sources
• Search Strategy for Article Databases
• UIS Brookens Library Terminology/Jargon

Guides by Subject

Guides tailored to library research for a particular subject or created for a particular UIS class

Writing & Documentation Style Guides

The Center for Teaching & Learning has handouts on a variety of topics including:

• How to Avoid Plagiarism
• Writing Tips
• Resumes & Cover Letters
• Study & Test-taking Tips
• Research Paper Guidelines
• Punctuation
• Documentation Style Guides in APA, MLA, and Turabian/Chicago Manual of Style
• Helpful Style Guide Links