When you're learning about the academic writing process, it's helpful to know that you have lots of support around you. Take advantage of the expertise that the library & the writing center can share with you. Every time you work with their experts on a project, you will build skills that you can use the next time around, too.
If you're writing a thesis or capstone project, make an appointment with your librarian. Do this even if you feel fairly comfortable with the library's resources. Your librarian will work with you to make sure that you're searching in the right places, using effective search strategies. An appointment takes less than an hour & leads to a much better thesis or capstone!
Make an appointment at the writing center, another resource that can help improve your papers.
An index of journal articles, magazines, book reviews, and dissertations on U.S. and Canadian history and culture from prehistory to the present.
Full text plus abstracts of international peer-reviewed journals, exhibition reviews, trade publications, and museum bulletins. Topics inlcude new artists, contemporary art, archaeology, architecture, art history, film, industrial design, landscape architecture, marketing, photography, pottery, and sculpture.
The Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals offers a comprehensive listing of journal articles on architecture and design, covering topics such as city planning, historic preservation, and interior design, with coverage dating back to the 1930s.
BuildingGreen is a key resource for sustainable design and construction, offering reliable content on green building materials and high-performance case studies. It features articles on various topics, including land use, energy, and indoor environmental quality, along with information on LEED Credits. To access the full site, including quizzes and continuing education credits, users must create a personal profile using their school’s email address, such as ucdenver.edu or msudenver.edu.
GreenFILE covers the connections between the environment and a variety of disciplines such as agriculture, education, law, health and technology.
Access the full-text of thousands of scholarly journals and books covering the humanities, social sciences, and business. Many journals extend to the first volume. Auraria Library has access to the JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection.
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Dissertations and theses come in handy for many reasons. They're often a source of cutting-edge research on unusual topics. If you're a graduate student yourself, it's also helpful to see what other students have researched & how they were written.
Search citations and abstracts of dissertations and theses submitted by post-graduate students from all University of Colorado campuses and published in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts. Full text of many of those published after 1996 is downloadable.
Bibliographic citations to doctoral dissertations and masters theses from graduate schools and universities. Indexes from 1861 onward, provides abstracts from 1980 onward, and supplies 24-page previews from 1997 until the present. Includes full-text of the University of Colorado Systems dissertations on Dissertations & Theses @ University of Colorado System. Once you have identified the dissertation or thesis of interest, you can use Interlibrary Loan to borrow a copy.
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