How to use this guide
Locate the page denoted by your FYRS professor's name. This main page provides resources for all FYRS sections and the course pages feature resources that relate to your specific course content.
- FYRS Research Journal (2023)
This is the basic research template but your professor may have one linked in your Canvas course page you should use. - Set up a research appointment with a librarian
Find time on our calendar to meet in person or on zoom. - Set up an appointment with The Writing Center
FIRST, set up your WC Online account, if you have never used the writing center. Click this link and follow the instructions under "How to schedule an appointment."
Developing Research Questions/Topics
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Lateral Reading -- Evaluating Your Digital Sources
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Scholarly vs Popular Periodicals
- Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
Use this interactive page from NC State Libraries to see the different sections of a scholarly article defined.
Gather Background Text
Credo is an easy-to-use tool for starting research. Use this box to search hundreds of full-text reference titles, as well as 500,000+ images and audio files and over 1,000 videos.
Library catalog: find books, articles, videos
Scholarly source search
Need more options? Library Databases A-Z
Need a specific journal? Journals A-Z
- Interlibrary Loan (ILL)--Transy Library
If we do not have an item, we may be able to borrow it from another library.
News Resources
- Newsbank : America's News This link opens in a new window
America’s News covers newspapers from around the country. Updated daily, this resource offers current and archived articles and video clips from news sources nationwide. It includes content for the Lexington Herald Leader. - Newspaper Source This link opens in a new window
Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers. - New York Times Academic Pass This link opens in a new window
To get full access to the nytimes.com website create an account at the site linked above using your Transy.edu email address. - WSJ.com (The Wall Street Journal) This link opens in a new window
Get full access to the business newspaper of record, The Wall Street Journal, website using your Transy.edu email address. Create your personal account at http://wsj.com/transy, then go to your email to verify.
Citation Information
- The Purdue OWL. Purdue U Writing Lab, 2019.This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
- ZoteroBibhelps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software. It’s brought to you by the team behind Zotero