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DeTERMining Search Terms

Posted by Ammie Harrison at 1:47 pm March 23, 2012
Some students have anxiety, if not complete nail-biting stress, about searching databases.  One reason is that the search terms that would yield good results seem arbitrary.  They are not always the first terms that come to mind or terms you use in everyday conversation.  How do you figure out what to use and when?  Each database seems different. how do you know what to use? Here's some tips: 1. Before you enter a database, make a list of terms, and then find different words for those terms... [ Read more ]

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Hunger & Homelessness

Posted by Diana Boerner at 10:24 pm February 11, 2012
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How to read a citation in APA format

Posted by Robyn Reid at 8:15 pm September 30, 2011
I was thinking about this, and I actually cannot remember when, exactly, I learned to read citations. This is an important skill to develop because it will help you track down more resources for your research and writing and prevents plagiarism. All examples in this post are taken from Research and Documentation Online, my favorite citation resource:... [ Read more ]

Most recent post in Special Collections at TCU:

March Digital Archives Update Madness

Posted by Roger Rainwater at 7:11 pm March 22, 2011

March Madness is here and we’ve been celebrating by adding images of the TCU women’s basketball team to the Digital Archives. Their postseason run this year was shorter than they would have liked but their consistency, receiving nine NCAA tournament bids in the past eleven years, is impressive. The new images highlight the Lady Frogs’ 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons. Both squads earned an invitation to the NCAA tournament

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It's Summertime! Enjoy!

Posted by Shelda Dean at 8:16 am May 14, 2012
Summer is a time to relax, enjoy a good book and stay cool...and that's exactly what the TCU Library is planning to do. Come cool off this summer ... [ Read more ]