LibGuides: Graduate Students: Research Help

Ask for Help!

Ask the AUP librarians for help

finding resources
using databases
creating bibliographies
using the library
doing research

We'd like to help AUP students, faculty, staff and alumni find what you need. You can try our Research Help page first if we are not readily available.

Research Methods

AM Research Methods This link opens in a new window
Designed as a tool to support students of the humanities and social sciences, Research Methods Primary Sources introduces the key approaches to working with source materials and historical evidence.
Sage Research Methods This link opens in a new window
SAGE Research Methods supports research at all levels - what methodology to use, quantitative or qualitative. Includes many full-text Sage ebooks on statistics, methodology and more.

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Research Help

The library is here to serve you and help you find the resources that you need for your education at AUP. Please feel free to ask us for help. The librarians try to be available Monday-Friday from 2-5 each afternoon in the library - ask for a librarian at the Navigation Desk during these hours. We will be happy to make appointments with you during other hours but we may not always be available if you drop by.

You can call the library at 01 40 62 05 61 or fill out the Research Help Form.

The librarians can sit down with you and help you:

figure out how to use the library catalog to find books
use the databases to find appropriate articles
figure out how to create citations for a paper
find and evaluate scholarly web sites
find the resources you need for your research
figure out how to make the most of ebrary, Academic Search Complete, etc.
and much, much more!

We will do what we can to help you - it doesn't hurt to ask! We may send you to people who can help you better than we can - ARC, the Writing Lab, your professor, ITS when we feel they are better suited to help you with what you need.

Research Help Form

Getting Help

GETTING HELP

For any kind of general assistance, staff members and student assistants are available at the Navigation Desk to answer questions – or to refer you to someone who can help – any time during regular hours. Check the Library website (http://library.aup.edu) as well for basic questions about the Library’s resources and services, and for additional guides to doing academic research.

If needed materials are not available at the AUP Library, our document delivery service may be able to obtain the items needed – just ask at the Navigation Desk.

Are you off-campus? We can still help you with your research – call us at 01 40 62 05 61 (or 01 40 62 05 62 on evenings and weekends), or send your question to researchhelp@aup.libanswers.com

Library publications

This guide and other library publications are designed to introduce users to various research tools and information sources. They are available at the Navigation Desk.

Lost and found

Contact the Navigation Desk (01 40 62 05 62).

Book of interest

Where research begins choosing a research project that matters to you (and the world) by Mullaney, Thomas S. (Thomas Shawn) and Rea, Christopher G.
ISBN: 9780226817354
Publication Date: 2022
"Plenty of books tell you how to do research. This book helps you figure out WHAT to research in the first place, and why it matters. The hardest part of research isn't answering a question. It's knowing what to do before you know what your question is. Where Research Begins tackles the two challenges every researcher faces with every new project: How do I find a compelling problem to investigate--one that truly matters to me, deeply and personally? How do I then design my research project so that the results will matter to anyone else? "