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Book an Appointment

Get lengthier and more specialized research help with our book an appointment service.

Visit our Research Help Desk

Visit the Research Help Desk on the main floor of the Library for help.

Attend a Workshop

Workshops are scheduled throughout the term.

Online Guides and Videos

How-to guides and videos on writing, research and citation 

Search Everything:

• Located on the Library's homepage https://library.torontomu.ca/

• Discovery search box (like Google for Libraries). Searches across our collections of article databases, books, and ebooks etc.,  

• Use it to find:  books, ebooks, scholarly articles, newspaper, magazines.

 

Using Search Everything (Video)

 

Directions:

1. Search using keywords (or the title/author if you know it)

 

2. Refine using filters on the left of the result page.

1. Content type (book, journal article, newspaper etc.,)  

2. Scholarly & peer reviewed, publication date, discipline etc.,​​

 

​3. Get your sources.

Try It: 

1. Go to the Library Home Page.

2. Search using the keywords: "Student Motivation" AND "Online Learning"

3. Limit your results to peer reviewed 

4. Pick one of your results and click on "Full Text Online" and locate the PDF of the article, 

5. Go back to your results page and click the email icon to email the article to yourself. 

Subject Databases:

• The Library subscribes to various databases that contain collections of scholarly articles, newspapers, magazines, reports, videos,etc.

• Use to find: scholarly & peer reviewed articles, newspapers, magazines, corporate reports, trade magazines, online videos and images.

Directions (Locating Databases): 

 

1. Locate the Research Databases tab on the Library’s homepage

 

 

 

2. Pick your subject area or “multi-disciplinary” etc., 

 

3. Choose from a list of databases in your subject area. 

*You will have to search more than one database – different databases contain different articles on your topic

 

Directions For Searching within Subject Databases

1. Search using keywords

2. Use the menu options to refine your results*

   1. Peer Reviewed, date range, etc.,

3. Use the save or cite options*

*Because each database is owned by a different company, the location of the refine options and save / cite options are in different locations on the result page for each database.

 

Example of a results list from an EBSCO database (America: History & Life)

 

Example of a results list from a PROQUEST database (Canadian Business & Current Affairs Database)

Try It: 

1. Go to the Library website 

2. Click on Database tab

3. Pick a subject area you are currently studying

4. Chose a database under that subject area

5. Search using keywords related to the area you are studying

6. Limit your results to peer reviewed in the database

7. Pick one of your results and click on "Full Text Online" and locate the PDF of the article

8. Locate the email icon in the database to email the article to yourself

Google Scholar

If you love Google, Google Scholar can be an easy way to search for articles. You can use Google Scholar to search TMU’s databases. When searching at home, follow these instructions to enable access.

*You can only enable Google Scholar to access TMU databases and articles and you will be asked to log in using your TMU ID.

 

1. Click on Settings (Top Right Corner)

 

 

 

2. Next click on “Library Links” (On the Left-hand Side)

 

 

3. Type in Toronto Metropolitan University and Check it off.

(Now you have access but you will be asked to log-in with your TMU ID)