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MTH 4990 Senior Capstone in the Mathematical Sciences

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Use the button below to make an individual research appointment with a librarian through the AU Academic SupportNet calendar. 

  • Make sure to select the 'Research with a Librarian' calendar for research help
    • Research appointments can be via Zoom or In-Person
  • You will login to Academic SupportNet through Okta and then use your AU username (without the @aurora.edu) and password

Please note that librarians are not able to help with writing, editing, or citations. For help with those topics, please make an appointment with a writing tutor.

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Spartan Search

Did you know there's a way to search across all of the library's databases?

Spartan Search is the search box on the library's home page. When you click the magnifying glass search icon, a full search screen will open, giving you the option to use the advanced search and filter your results.

Learn more about choosing where to search

You can even get started with your search right here.

Search Tips

Keywords

Identify keywords for your topic and brainstorm narrower, broader, and related terms.

Example: Factors that affect academic performance in first-generation college students.

Academic Performance College First-Generation Students
Student Success Higher Education Children of Immigrants
Student Achievement University Minority Students
Learning Outcomes Community College Nontraditional Students

 

Boolean Operators

Typing the Boolean Operators AND, OR, and NOT into the library catalog or databases allow you to broaden or narrow your results.

Peanut butter AND jelly, only results with both terms; Peanut butter OR jelly, results with either or both terms; Peanut butter NOT jelly, results with peanut butter only, excludes results with jelly and with both terms.

 

Found too many results?

Add more keywords.

Adding additional keywords to your search can help to further narrow your topic.

Example: college AND first-generation students AND academic performance

 

Found too few results?

Use OR.

Broaden your search by using OR to link your terms.

Example: (college OR higher education OR university) AND first-generation students AND (academic performance OR student success)

 

Citation Chasing

Citation Chasing and "Cited By" Searching

Once you find a good article:

  • Look at its References and find other articles that have cited it
  • In Spartan Search, click the red arrows next to the article's title to find the article's References (the downward-facing arrow), and articles that have cited this title (the upward-facing arrow)

screenshot of article record in Spartan Search

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