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Interlibrary Loan:
If you need an article that Canisius does not own or one we only have in print, place a request through our Interlibrary Loan Service. We can borrow materials for you from libraries across the country or scan articles we own here.
I need an example of Boolean to understand it.
I was told to use the thesaurus or index. Why?
I am not getting any results from my keywords. Help!
What is the difference between keyword and subject. Why should I care?
I need a visual for keyword and subject searches.
How do you use keyword searching?
How do I figure out what are my keywords?
I was told to use scholarly or peer-reviewed sources. How do I find those?
My search returned thousands of results, how do I get less?
My search term can be spelled different ways. Help!
I want to search for all forms of a word, how do I do that?
I need help with a particular database.
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I need help formatting my paper (APA, MLA or Turabian).