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Bibliography/Citation
RefWorks is an online program that allows you to easily gather, manage, store citations and create bibliographies. RefWorks is FREE for NU students! Learn more about using RefWorks.
APA, MLA and Turabian quick guides [PDF] offer concise overviews of the major citation styles.
Search Library Catalog. Includes books, audiobooks, electronic books, music, videos/DVDs and other formats owned by the library. [Same as the search box above.]
- Electronic books include Bible commentaries, dictionaries, encyclopedias and over 14,000 books in the NetLibrary collection.
- Reserves - if your professor has directed you to a specific book it may be on reserve.
Articles in journals, magazines and newspapers are grouped into databases. Databases can be either general (covering many subjects) or specific to one subject (e.g. Nursing).
- General Databases: Academic Search Premier, ProQuest and JSTOR are great places to start your research
- Find databases in your subject area:
- Journal Title Search - locate journals, magazines and newspapers by title (e.g. New York Times or JAMA). DO NOT search for article titles or subjects.
- Interlibrary Loan allows you to have items from other libraries delivered to NU!
- Reserves - if your professor has directed you to a specific article it may be on reserve.
Search WorldCat.org. Includes books and other formats in libraries worldwide.
- Interlibrary Loan allows you to have items from other libraries delivered to NU!
- Visit other local libraries including several that allow NU students to borrow items!
- Go directly to WorldCat.org or the older WorldCat (FirstSearch) site.
Browse the complete list of resources available from the library.
Search for resources using the search box at the top of the page and selecting a highlighted option.
