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As you have learned in this Learning Pathway, there are many resources available to you at Yorkville University and online to help you get started on your major project, capstone, or thesis.
- Step 1: Identify resources available to you at Yorkville University, previously attended Universities, and at your local public library.
- Step 2: Conduct sample searches by learning about our databases, saving your searches in Excel, and doing comprehensive searches in WorldCat.org
- Step 3: Organize your results with free Bibliographic software, Zotero.
- Step 4: Consult with our Information Literacy Librarian to help you with developing a search strategy. Connect to our Resource Management Librarian concerning resources you need for your work but are not available at our university library.
- Step 5: When you find the perfect article on your topic, use Google Scholar's "Cited by..." feature AND EBSCO's "Find Similar Results" button to retrieve similar results.
- Step 6: You can improve your writing by submitting your work to Studiosity's Free tutorial service, reading our own library books on doing a literature review, and watching our 5 PART Library series on doing a Literature Review.
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