Tips for success when in a master's program:
- Identification of core journals in your field
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Proper citation formats
- CBE Council of Biology Editors - Examples -- Print
- American Anthropological Assocation Style Manual
- Value of annotated bibliographies
- Cited references searching
- Journal impact factors
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Establishing personal accounts on databases for:
- tracking articles
- setting up alerts
- search history
- Interlibrary Loan
- Borrowing priviledges
- Request purchase of titles
- Campus VPN
Other useful links:
Citation Formatting Tools
- Use EndNote Web to collect, manage, and create a bibliography or works cited list from your citations.
See Managing Citations Using EndNote Web for more information. - EasyBib - MLA style bibliography composer
- Son of Citation Machine - MLA, APA, Chicago and Turabian citation style composer
Access Databases from Off Campus
Only current CSUN students, faculty and staff can access our databases from off campus. To access the databases from off campus, click the name of the database. You will then see a screen asking you to log in, using your CSUN User ID and password (the same ID and password you use to log in to the portal).
An alternative is to download and use the campus Virtual Private Network. This allows you to use your computer as if it was on campus. The VPN also supports uploading files to your campus udrive.
For more information, see Accessing Library Resources from Off-Campus and the Library's Copyright Statement (in particular, the Appropriate Use of Oviatt Library's Electronic Resources section).