Why use the Hekman Library?

Efficient Effective High Quality

Where to start? Get background information

Use a SUBJECT ENCYCLOPEDIA!

Don’t stop here! Keep researching

Your topic is:• Not current Broad• Historic

Origins and development of the hammered dulcimer

Fundamentals of Rastafarianism

History of the sport of rugby

Your topic is: Current Narrow Specific

Damage Asian carp can do in Lake Michigan

Acroustica, a heavy metal band in Iraq and what it means to the youth there

Activities available in Grand Rapids during the winter

If your topic is broad:use the

Library catalog

If your topic is specific:use the

Research databases

What database do I use?

Good Research

Authoritative Unbiased

Which do you choose and when?

MAGAZINE SCHOLARLY JOURNAL

Peer-reviewed

Researched

Academic

Current

Popular

Interdisciplinary databases to try:

ABI/Inform Academic Onefile JSTOR PsycINFO Limit results to “peer-reviewed” or scholarly

journals.