The Library Peer Navigators offer drop-in hours for basic research and citation help--no appointment needed!
Spring 2025 Drop-in Hours in Library 115:
Monday: 11am-1pm and 3:30pm-4:30pm
Tuesday: 10am-12pm and 3pm-5pm
Wednesday: 11am-1:30pm and 3:30pm-4:30pm
Thursday: 10am-11am and 3pm-5pm
See also: Sunday Study Time
This library guide is intended for students enrolled in CCS 137. It provides links to library resources especially pertinent to research for the contemporary migration presentations assignment.
The databases listed below are examples of multidisciplinary databases. These can be especially good discovery tools when you aren't sure which academic disciplines are writing about your topic.
An multidisciplinary journal archive. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. Includes the Artstor image collections.
Primo is the large search box you find on the library homepage. Primo is what librarians call a "discovery layer," meaning it sits atop several large collections of sources, and by searching Primo, you can search all of those collections at once.
At the core of Primo is the Collins Library catalog, along with the catalogs of 37 additional academic libraries in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. These catalogs help you find books, streaming media, and more held by these libraries. Books that are not available in Collins Library can be requested through SUMMIT and will be delivered in three to five business days.
Primo also includes selected full text databases, including JSTOR and ProQuest Central.
Subject databases are an integral part of the academic research process. Most subject databases index the scholarly output in a specific academic discipline or topic area. Some subject databases include a mix of content, including peer-reviewed, scholarly work, articles in newspapers and magazines, and sometimes even primary sources or data sets.
