Undergraduate students:
- Your first stops for immediate research assistance are:
Book a research assistance consultation for more specialized assistance (online only at the current time due to COVID-19) such as:
- Help defining or refining your research question
- Getting started on a literature review
- Thinking through keyword selection and developing search strategies for complex topics
- Evaluating information sources for a research paper
- Conducting research for a thesis or major paper
- Finding geospatial information, maps or data and statistics
Proceed to booking:
1) Select your program or area of study
2) Fill in an online request form
Please note that:
- We ask you to allow at least two working days for us to contact you after submitting your request [note that requests are monitored Monday to Friday].
- Depending on the complexity of your question, you may be referred to a reference service point or to online resources and guidance for assistance.
- Consultation appointments are usually up to 30 minutes in duration.
| Program or area of study | How to request research help [after question review a consult or other option will be advised] |
additional information |
|---|---|---|
| Arts, Media, Performance and Design | Fill in this online form to submit a request |
Research help is available for students in programs taught in the AMPD Faculty such as music, film, and media and fine arts. |
| The Arts (including Humanities and Social Sciences areas] | Fill in this online form to submit a request | Examples of Humanities Programs: Classical Studies, English, History, Languages & Literature, Philosophy and Religious Studies. Examples of Social Sciences Programs: Anthropology, Communication & Culture, Geography, Sociology, Social Work, Gender & Women’s Studies. |
| Business or Economics | Fill in this online form to submit a request | Research help is available for students in business programs at the Schulich School of Business, as well as the School of Administrative Studies, and the School of Human Resource Management |
| Education | Fill in this online form to submit a request | Research help is available for students enrolled in Education programs in the Faculty of Education. |
| Engineering | Fill in this online form to submit a request | Research help is available for students enrolled in Engineering programs at the Lassonde School of Engineering. |
| Environmental Studies | Fill in this online form to submit a request | Research help is available for students enrolled in programs in the Faculty of Environmental Studies. |
| Glendon |
Follow steps here to book online with a librarian. | Research help is available for students programs at the Glendon campus including social sciences and humanities / sciences sociales et lettres
Research help is available in both English and French languages. |
| Health | Fill in this online form to submit a request | Research help is available for students enrolled in programs in the Faculty of Health. |
| Science | Fill in this online form to submit a request | Research help is available for students enrolled in programs in the Faculty of Science. |