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Research Guides (LibGuides)
Research Guides (LibGuides)
Find articles, databases, and other library resources specifically selected by librarians for each SJSU Department as well as course-specific guides.
Research Help
Research Help
Do you need help writing a research paper? We can help you find and evaluate scholarly resources and make accurate citations for your bibliography. See the introductory information below:
  • Links to style manuals that will help you format citations in the APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian Style.
  • These sites can help you evaluate the accuracy, reliability, and currency of information in general, and Internet information in particular.
  • Need help finding scholarly or peer reviewed articles?
Scholarly Communication
Scholarly Communication
Scholarly Communication is the creation, preservation and dissemination of knowledge. Issues in scholarly communication include author rights, open access and the economics of scholarly resources. Advances in digital publishing and networking technologies have accelerated change in scholarly communication and resulted in alternative publishing options.
Special Collections
Special Collections
Includes primary sources that document SJSU, local, and national history; rare and fine press artist books. Formats include books, manuscripts, photographs, art, maps, oral histories, and ephemera.
  • Includes primary sources that document SJSU, local, and national history; rare and fine press artist books. Formats include books, manuscripts, photographs, art, maps, oral histories, and ephemera.
  • The San José State University Library Cultural Heritage Center is made up of three distinct but complementary collections which share a service commitment and a designated space in the new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library.
  • The King Library Digital Collections represent rare and unique materials held by San Jose State University Special Collections and the San Jose Public Library's California Room.
  • The Center is the only institution in North America devoted solely to the life, works, and accomplishments of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827).
  • The California Room is a collection of materials on California history with an emphasis on the history of San José and Santa Clara County.
  • Founded in 1973 as the Steinbeck Research Center, the Center is now the largest Steinbeck archive in the world. In 1997, the Center was renamed the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies in honor of its founder, a professor of English at San Jose State.
  • The Academy maintains an extensive photograph collection and historical ephemera relating primarily to the history of Santa Clara County and the central coast region of California.
Tutorials & Tools
Tutorials & Tools
Online tools plus videos on how to research, find articles, find books and use the library databases.
  • Brief online guides to help you do research and to use library resources
  • A tool that can help you manage your book and article citations. It also automates the creation of bibliographies and in-text citations in the style format of your choice for your research papers. To learn how to use Refworks, watch RefWorks Tutorials. (For the RefWorks group code, go to Get Library Passwords. For Q&A, go to RefWorks troubleshooting.)
  • A time-management tool for researching and writing your paper. Watch this two-minute video to find out more about the Assignment Calculator.
  • A thorough guide to many of the online reference tools available at the library, including biographies, dictionaries, encyclopedias and more