Apps & Software

• Office365 - available to all LSC students. Download Word, PowerPoint, and more for the most powerful options. Also includes 1 TB of OneDrive storage.
• Grammarly - available to LSC-UP students. Check your email at the start of the semester for your invite to activate your account. Install to Word to check your writing as you type.

Unaffiliated:

• Library Extension - add this to your browser, tell it which libraries you use, and whenever you're on Amazon or similar sites, it'll let you know if the library has a free copy.

Database Starting Points

• Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) - contains a little bit of everything in a clean interface.
• E-Books - can range from credible to scholarly, overviews to deep dives. Use the 'search inside' and linked tables of contents to quickly find information.
  • EBSCO eBook Collection
  • ProQuest Ebook Central

Research Guides

• Research Process - from developing your topic through citing your sources, this guide provides pointers for it all.
• Journals & Periodicals: Identifying Scholarly Sources - Not just any reputable source counts as scholarly!
• Plagiarism - what counts, what are the consequences and how to avoid