Interlibrary Loan (aka ILL) enables you to borrow books, articles, and other research materials from libraries around the world.
Searching for research materials is never a once and done. Your information need will often determine which search tools you need and, as your understanding of your topic grows and shifts, you will likely need to run more searches to find new resources for your topic.
By understanding your information need, you can begin to get a sense of what tool to use and what type of resource you're looking for. We can provide broad strokes recommendations but getting to know where to look for your different information needs is in many ways a discipline-specific learned skill. These are the questions you can begin asking yourself to start finding way-posts along your path:
Search Library Search and then WorldCat using identical search parameters.
Libraries and archives are direct expressions of presiding social constructs and power systems and wittingly or no participate in systems of oppression. We likely won't have time to discuss in class but here are some questions that you should have in mind as you engage in your research practices:
Keep in mind, many librarians and archivists have been working in one way or another to bring balance to the histories, cultures, and voices in our collections, and yet much work remains to be done.
#LibrariesAreNotNeutral