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Graduate Student Support
Thrift Library's Graduate Student Support page compiles library resources that are particularly useful for graduate students.
Reciprocal Borrowing
Thrift Library has reciprocal borrowing agreements with many institutions, granting Anderson students access to the print collections at libraries across South Carolina and the United States.
Libby
Access ebooks and audiobooks through the Libby app! Learn more.
- When you add Anderson University (PASCAL Consortium) to your Libby libraries you gain access to the ebook and audiobook collections from every participating university in the PASCAL consortium.
- Pro tip: Wait times for popular materials tend to be shorter through PASCAL than public libraries.
LibraryDIY for Graduate Students
LibraryDIY is a resource created by Thrift Library to introduce students to academic research and scholarly sources. Libraries have changed a lot in recent years. Graduate students beginning their studies after time outside of academia may find that things look different. LibraryDIY is a great place to become reacquainted.
Using the Catalog
The Thrift Library Catalog can be accessed from the library's Homepage by selecting the box labeled catalog. The search box provides one-stop searching for books, ebooks, articles, and more. Once signed in, users are able to renew items, request physical materials from other PASCAL libraries, and save searches.
Scroll down on the catalog's front page to view video introductions to searching with the catalog.
The catalog is a great place to start, but is still important that users conduct searches in discipline-specific databases. The catalog and individual databases will provide different sources with the same query. Additionally, there are a few databases that are not indexed in the catalog.
✨ Research Assistant -- AI powered research tool ✨
Thrift Library has a new AI-powered research tool called Research Assistant. Users can access the beta version of Research Assistant through the top menu on the library catalog.
The Research Assistant uses natural language queries -- this means that you can search using a question like you may when using search engines like Google.
After you enter your research question the Research Assistant will locate the top five most relevant scholarly sources that it has access to and provide a overview of the topic. Research Assistant is searching all of the material that it has access to, which may or may not be content that Thrift Library subscribes to.
Learn more about Research Assistant by watching the tutorial on the front page of the catalog.
Databases for Interdisciplinary Research
The following databases are strong choices for interdisciplinary research. Access these and many others on Thrift Library's website under Databases A-Z.
Tip: To view databases by discipline, use the Group By: Category function.
- Academic Search Ultimate Full-text journal articles in social sciences, humanities, multicultural studies, education, and more. (Ebsco)
- Academic OneFile Full-text articles and citations on all topics. (Gale)
- Britannica Academic Online Edition A comprehensive reference resource used to access Encyclopædia Britannica plus Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus, magazines and periodicals, and many other research tools. Great place to get the introductory material needed to start your research.
- IGI Global IGI Global disseminates vetted quality content within 11 core subject areas, including Business and Management; Computer Science and Information Technology; Education; Environment and Agriculture; Government and Law; Library and Information Science; Media and Communications; Medicine and Healthcare; Science and Engineering; Security and Forensics; and Social Sciences and Humanities.
- JSTOR JSTOR is a digital library of journals, academic ebooks, images, and primary sources. As of July 2024, includes Artstor: More than 2.5 million digital images - painting, sculpture, photographs, buildings, decorative arts, fashion, landscape, graphic design, architectural drawings, manuscripts, floor plans, and much more
Databased for Christian Studies
The following databases are strong choices for Leadership and Organizations research. Access these and many others on Thrift Library's website under Databases A-Z.
Tip: To view databases by discipline, use the Group By: Category function.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS Journal articles, book reviews, and collections of essays in all fields of religion. (Ebsco)
Christian Periodical Index The comprehensive electronic index to journal articles and book reviews from across the evangelical Christian perspective. (Ebsco)
- Google Theological Journals Search Search over 340 religion journals related to scripture studies, systematic theology, practical ministries, and cognate disciplines for which full text is freely available on the Internet.
News Sources
The following databases are strong choices for news sources. Access these and many others on Thrift Library's website under Databases A-Z.
Tip: To view databases by discipline, use the Group By: Category function.
- News: Gale OneFile A one-stop source for the day's news and searchable archives. With InfoTrac Newsstand, you can search a collection of 2,300 national, international, state and local newspapers as well as another 1,000 other formats - magazine, newsletters, newswires, blogs, etc. (Gale OneFile)
- Newspaper Source Plus Provides the latest news from the leading national and international news sources. (Ebsco)
- Newswires Provides near real-time access to top world-wide news from the Associated Press. The collection includes AP Top News, WorldStream, Financial News, AP Online, US Politics & Government and 50 State Reports. (Ebsco)
- Regional Business News This site provides comprehensive full text articles for more than 50 regional business publications. (Ebsco)
- U. S. Newsstream A full-text news source that provides access to The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, CNN Newswires, and Huffington Post. Also provides access to local and regional news sources.
Chicago Manual of Style & Turabian
What is the difference between Chicago and Turabian? Virtually nothing. The Chicago Manual of Style is the name of the style guide for use by professionals while Turabian is a simplified guide for use by students. They use the same citational style and people often refer to them interchangeably.
For an overview on citations, including the resources listed below, visit LibraryDIY.
- Chicago Manual Online The online version of the Chicago Manual of Style. Sections II and III are relevant to students.
- Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide The Quick Guide provides examples of how to cite a variety of sources. This is an excellent place to check formatting for different sources once you have a comprehensive understanding of the citation style.
- Turabian Online Help & Tools A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Ninth Edition is not available on the web, but the Help & Tools includes citation quick guides and paper formatting sheets.
- Tutorials:
Reference Management
Thrift Library recommends using Zotero for reference management.
Once you save an article, book, webpage, etc. to Zotero it will generate citations in the style guide of your choice. It also does so much more! With Zotero, you can...
- Save PDFs and Snapshots of your sources to folders in your library
- Annotate PDFs (when you copy and paste text from an annotated file it will automatically add quotation marks and the author, date, and page number in a parenthetical citation.)
- Search your entire library
- Generate bibliographies
Zotero is a desktop app that also has a web library for when you need to access your library away from your primary computer.
Zotero also offers browser connectors that enables users to save sources with a single click.
More information about reference management as well as other available tools can be found in LibraryDIY under Citation Tools.
