This page owes a great thanks to: 

Marisol Ramos

Subject/Liaison Librarian for

Latin American & Caribbean Studies,

Puerto Rican/Latino Studies, Spanish & Anthropology

& Curator of the Latin American and Caribbean Collections

Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut
Homer Babbidge Library

Ms.  Ramos created the original LibGuide and template on which this guide is based. 

All credit belongs to her. 

Don't start a project without first gathering the tools you'll need.

Your 3 Library Accounts: Access these accounts under 'My Accounts' on the ASU Library home page, http://lib.asu.edu

• My Library Account
  • Manage checked out items, requests, & more!
  • Help with renewals
  • Help with fines
• My Illiad Account
  • InterLibrary Loan & Document Delivery: PDFs of journal articles & book chapters; access to materials not available at ASU
  • More Info
• My Zotero Account:
  • Keep track of research, create bibliographies in any style, & more!
  • Zotero Library Guide with tutorials

Keeping Track

You'll be searching many databases multiple times and with different search strategies - keeping track of what you need to do as well as what you've already done will eliminate redundancies and prevent missing steps.  Don't forget to keep track of alerts/feeds/saved searches as well.

Try the Keeping Current Library Guide for easy ways to keep up with new articles on your topic using alerts, feeds, and saved searches.  Let the databases and journals do the work for you. All you'll have to do is read.

Use what ever "keeping track" method works best for you - paper or software.  

Ed is available to assist students with their research needs through the Libraries' dedicated subject liaison program.  Ed is on the Tempe campus.  His office address is  in Hayden Library. Telephone: (480) 965-4579 or email: edding@asu.edu-- please feel free to make an appointment  I look forward to seeing you!