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A Guide to APA Style
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Apr 18, 2012
This guide will introduce you to the basics of APA Style, and will point you to additional tools that will help you master this style.

Accounting
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated Apr 27, 2012
This guide provides basic level information about core accounting and auditing resources.

Advertising & Public Relations
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Nov 29, 2010
This guide describes some of the major print and electronic resources for the scholarly study of advertising and public relations.

African & African Diaspora Studies Portal
by Justine Sundaram - Last Updated Sep 16, 2011
Starting Point for Research in African & African Diaspora Studies

African & African Diaspora Studies
by Justine Sundaram - Last Updated Jan 6, 2012
This research guide provides information about the major print, electronic and web resources for African-American history and culture.

African American Literature
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Jul 25, 2011
This Guide is intended to help identify resources for both basic and advanced research in African American literature.

African Music
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated Jan 10, 2011
This guide highlights some of the resources for researching African music available at Boston College Libraries.

American Politics
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Jul 7, 2011
This guide highlights useful resources for finding information about American Politics

American Studies
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Jan 6, 2012
The primary goal of this guide is to help identify resources for studying various areas of American Studies.

Architecture
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Feb 17, 2012
This guide covers the print and electronic resources for research, exploration and inspiration in the area of architecture.

Art and Architecture Portal
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Feb 21, 2012
Getting Started with Art and Architecture Research

Art History
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Apr 17, 2012
Researching a topic in Art History using the resources of Boston College

Asian Studies
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Nov 11, 2011
The Asian Studies Program provides an interdisciplinary introduction to this region

Asian Studies Portal
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Oct 19, 2011
Starting point for Asian Studies research

BC Greener Lib Events for UGBC Green Week 2012
by Sally Wyman, Sonia Ensins, Enid Karr - Last Updated Mar 14, 2012
The Boston College Libraries join in the celebration of UGBC Green Week 2012 with activities, events and information.

BI 143: Immune Defense Friend or Foe?
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Mar 2, 2012
Library research guide for BI 143: Immune Defense Friend or Foe?

BI 147: Irish Landscapes - Islands, Biodiversity, and Climate Change
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Aug 1, 2011
Library research guide for BI 147: Irish Landscapes - Islands, Biodiversity, and Climate Change

BI 204 Investigations in Molecular Cell Biology
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Apr 2, 2012
Library research guide for BI 204 Investigations in Molecular Cell Biology

BI 407: Ecology of Plants
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Dec 23, 2011
Library research guide for BI 407: Ecology of Plants

BI 422: Plant Biology
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Feb 6, 2012
Library research guide for BI 422: Plant Biology

BI 440: Molecular Biology
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Feb 14, 2012
Library research guide for BI 440: Molecular Biology

BI 442: Principles of Ecology
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Feb 6, 2012
Library research guide for BI 442: Principles of Ecology

BI 445: Animal Behavior
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Feb 21, 2012
Library research guide for BI 445: Animal Behavior

BI 513: Environmental Disruptors of Development
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Feb 6, 2012
Library research guide for BI 513: Environmental Disruptors of Development

Biology
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Mar 23, 2012
This is a guide to the major resources for the biological and life sciences here at Boston College

Biology Portal
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Oct 17, 2011
Starting Point for Biology Research

Bloomberg Guide
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated May 9, 2012
This is a general guide on Bloomberg basic features and functions.

British History: Selected Electronic Resources
by Brendan Rapple, Elliot Brandow - Last Updated Sep 23, 2011
This guide is intended to pinpoint a number of electronic databases and websites useful for research in British history.

Business & Management Portal
by Claire O'Leary, Sonia Ensins - Last Updated May 10, 2012
Starting Point for Business & Management Research.

Business Ethics
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated Sep 29, 2010
This guide describes some of the major print and electronic resources for the study of business ethics.

Business Law
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated May 8, 2012
This guide contains instructions and resources for basic legal research for undergraduates taking business law classes.

Business Plans
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated May 15, 2012
This guide is designed to assist students in finding resources to write a business plan. Its primary focus is on industry conditions, target market demographics, and financial comparables

Business Research Guide
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated May 15, 2012
This guide highlights management and business resources available to the Boston College community.

Business Resources for Massachusetts
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated Sep 8, 2011
This guide identifies key business resources for the state of Massachusetts, including some at a regional or state level, and others at a county, city or local one, including specifically the City of Boston.

Campaigns & Elections
by Leslie Homzie - Last Updated Jan 13, 2011
This guide is meant to help identify materials for basic research on Campaigns and Elections. The primary focus is on the United States.

Career Resources for Business and Management
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated Mar 28, 2012
Resources useful for finding information for careers in business and management.

Census
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 8, 2012
This guide lists key sources of Census data covering both the latest releases from the current 2000 Census and data going back to 1790. Print and electronic sources are included.

CH 105: Chemistry and Society
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Nov 10, 2010
Library resources and websites for extra-credit assignments

CH 107: Chemistry for the Life Sciences
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Sep 14, 2010
Resources tailored to this core curriculum class.

CH 110 General Chemistry II: Library Resources
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Jun 15, 2011
Library resources at Boston College for General Chemistry.

CH 676 Physical Chemistry:Principles and Applications
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Sep 28, 2011
Boston College Libraries and other information sources

Chemical & Physical Property Data
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Oct 28, 2010
Find online and print sources for chemical data.

Chemical Laboratory Safety & Methods
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Feb 23, 2010
Laboratory safety methods and hazards

Chemistry
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Mar 9, 2012
Major print and online resources for chemistry

Chemistry Portal
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Aug 31, 2011
Starting point for Chemistry research

Children's Literature
by Margaret Cohen - Last Updated Jan 24, 2012
This guide will assist in helping to locate children's literature at Boston College.

Citing Government Documents
by Leslie Homzie - Last Updated Jan 26, 2011
Basic resources on citing government documents

Classical Studies
by Jonas Barciauskas - Last Updated Jul 25, 2011
This guide is meant to help identify materials for basic and advanced research in Classical Studies.

Classical Studies Portal
by Jonas Barciauskas - Last Updated Jul 11, 2011
Starting Point for Classical Studies Research

CO 030: Public Speaking
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Oct 19, 2011
Finding evidence and supporting material for informative and persuasive speeches

CO 229: Investigative Reporting
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Sep 22, 2011
Research sources for Prof. Kurkjian's Investigative Reporting course.

CO 231: Feature Writing
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Sep 14, 2010
Research sources for Prof. Caswell's Feature Writing course.

CO 272: New Media and Society
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
Research guide for Prof. Jin's course on New Media and Society

CO 372: Mass Communication Theory
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Sep 12, 2011
Research sources, strategies, and support for students in CO 372: Mass Communication Theory

CO 374-01: Human Communication Theory
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Apr 4, 2012
Sources and support for Prof. Jin's class on Human Communication Theory.

CO 375: Argumentation Theory
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 28, 2012
Sources and support for Prof. Wells' class on Argumentation Theory

CO 425: Broadcast Century Issues
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
A guide to research for Prof. Keith's course on Broadcast Century Issues

CO 426: Television & Society
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
Research support for Prof. Stanwood's course on Television & Society

CO 429: Globalization & the Media
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
A guide to research for Prof. McIntosh's course on Globalization & the Media.

CO 435: Rhetoric, Resistance, & Protest
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Oct 12, 2010
Research sources, strategies, and support for students in Prof. Morris's course CO 435: Rhetoric, Resistance, & Protest

CO 436: Rhetorical Criticism
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012

CO 438: Rhetoric & Public Memory
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
Research sources, strategies, and support for students in Prof. Morris's course on rhetoric and public memory.

CO 442-1: Intercultural and International Communication
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Mar 28, 2012
Sources, strategies, and support for Prof. Matelski's course on International and Intercultural Communication.

CO 442-3: Intercultural and International Communication (Honors)
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Oct 5, 2011
Research sources, strategies, and support for Prof. Matelski's honors course on intercultural and international communication.

CO 447: Communication Criticism
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
A guide to research for students in the course Communication Criticism.

CO 449: Crisis Communication
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
Research support for Prof. Fishman's course on Crisis Communication

CO 451: Gender Roles & Communication
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
A guide to research for students in the Prof. Cuklanz's Gender Roles & Communication course.

CO 458: Radio in Culture & Society
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Mar 14, 2012
Research support for Prof. Keith's class on Radio in Culture & Society

CO 462: Popular Music & Identity
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
Research support for Prof. Wells' course on Popular Music & Identity

CO 463: Media & Popular Culture
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Oct 14, 2011
Research sources, strategies, and support for students the course Media & Popular Culture

CO 465: Health Communication
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 23, 2012
Sources and support for Prof. Duggan's course on Health Communication.

Communication Portal
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Apr 23, 2012
Starting Point for Communication Research

Communication Studies
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
Welcome to the world of communication research at Boston College!

Community Analysis
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 10, 2012
This guide highlights key sources of city and state demographic statistics, economic indicators, social indicators, housing, education and industry data. Current and historical data included with links to online mapping tools. Sources are primarily online

Company Information
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated Mar 30, 2012
The focus of this guide is to identify online and print company resources. The guide addresses both public and private companies.

Computer Science/IT
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
This guide highlights major research databases in Computer Science and select resources for the IT industry.

Computer Science/IT Portal
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 7, 2012
Starting Point for Computer Science Research

Congressional Publications
by Leslie Homzie, Sarah Hogan - Last Updated Feb 16, 2012
Provides an overview of the various publications produced by Congress.

Copyright and Scholarship
by Copyright Group - Last Updated Apr 23, 2012
Copyright and scholarly communication information for the Boston College community.

Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Jan 11, 2012
This guide is designed to help students get started with research related to Counseling, Developmental, and Educational Psychology.

Dance Studies
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Jan 11, 2012
Support for the research needs of students and faculty in the Dance Program at BC.

Data Management
by Barbara Mento, Sally Wyman, Margaret Cohen, Sarah Hogan, Wanda Anderson, Enid Karr, Amanda Tarbet, Jane Morris - Last Updated May 8, 2012
Resources for researchers required to design a data management plan or who need assistance in data research.

Data Sources for Social Workers
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Sep 14, 2011
This guide is designed to help social work students find data sources on the web.

Data Visualization
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 9, 2012
Tools and resources for visualizing data focusing on open access software and data sources

Data/Statistics/GIS Portal
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Apr 26, 2012
Starting Point for Data/Statistics/GIS Research

Digital Humanities
by Lindsay Whitacre - Last Updated May 14, 2012
A guide to getting started in Digital Humanities. Included are suggested readings, technical resources, and upcoming conferences/workshops.

E-Books at Boston College
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated May 1, 2012

Earth & Environmental Sciences Portal
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Jan 13, 2011
Satrting Point for Earth & Environmental Sciences Research

Earth and Environmental Sciences
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Mar 23, 2012
This is a guide to the major resources in Earth and Environmental Sciences at Boston College.

EC229/MD606/MH398: Forecasting
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Oct 24, 2011
Key resources for locating time series data with monthly, quarterly or annual frequencies. Data, including economic indicators, allow students to apply forecasting theory to actual business and economic time series data.

EC338/EC353 Law and Economics
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Oct 24, 2011
EC 338 Law and Economics; EC 353 Industrial Organization/Competition and Antitrust

Economics
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 10, 2012
This guide describes major economic datasets, both U.S. and International. Indexes to journal articles and links to full text working papers are also included.

Economics Portal
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 9, 2012
Starting Point for Economics Research

Education Portal
by Brendan Rapple, Margaret Cohen - Last Updated Mar 16, 2012
Starting Point for Education Research

Education Statistics
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Nov 14, 2011
This guide points to a select number of databases and web sites providing statistical information for Education.

Educational Rankings
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Oct 31, 2011
This Guide is intended to identify selected sites that provide rankings for colleges, universities, departments, degree programs, etc.

Educational Research
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Jan 20, 2012
This guide focuses on a number of resources useful for research in Education.

Emerging Markets
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated Nov 4, 2010
This purpose of this guide is to serve as a resource for those primarily engaged in beginning business research on emerging markets/developing economies.

EN 010-43: Fans & Fandom
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Apr 12, 2012
Sources, strategies, and support for Laura Chilcoat's First Year Writing Seminar assignment on fans and fandom

EN 607: The Irish Gothic
by Kathy Williams, Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Mar 5, 2012
This guide lists resources to assist the research for this advanced seminar on the Irish Gothic.

EN129 Text and Tech
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Jul 18, 2011

EN804: Beckett on Screen & Stage
by Justine Sundaram, Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Oct 12, 2011
This guide provides an introduction to primary source materials owned by the Burns Library that relate to Samuel Beckett as well as databases, websites and other online research tools that may help you in your research on Beckett and his works.

English Literature: Selected Electronic Resources
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Jan 10, 2012

English Portal
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Mar 16, 2012
Starting Point for English Research

Environmental Sciences
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Aug 17, 2011

Environmental Studies Portal
by Enid Karr - Last Updated Aug 31, 2011
Starting Point for Environmental Studies Research

ERC Digital Equipment Guide
by Shirley Cho - Last Updated Mar 5, 2012
This guide provides some information regarding how to use digital equipment that can be found at the Educational Resource Center.

Evaluating Internet Sources
by Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah - Last Updated May 31, 2011
This guide will assist you to evaluate information you get from the web.

Executive Branch Publications
by Leslie Homzie, Sarah Hogan - Last Updated Feb 14, 2012
This guide provides an overview of resources on the Executive Office of the President.

FA 108: Great Art Capitals of Western Europe
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Mar 15, 2012
This guide will highlight the Libraries resources for your research assignment.

FA 174 Islamic Civilization
by Adeane Bregman, Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Mar 24, 2011
This guide will provide resources for the visual and literary culture, as well as the political and economic history of important centers of Islamic civilization.

FA 221:Art of the Early Middle Ages
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012
This guide will provide resources for art and architecture from early Christianity to the 10th century.

FA 222:Art of the Later Middle Ages
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Mar 15, 2012
This guide contains the resources for research works of art and architecture of the later Middle Ages

FA 332: Age of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and beyond.
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Jan 23, 2012
This LibGuide will provide resources for your research on 16th century Art in Italy.

FA 335: Italian Palaces from 1450 to 1650
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Jan 23, 2012
This guide will help students discover resources for their research project.

FA 350: The Object in Islamic Art
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Sep 13, 2011
This Guide will help you identify the Libraries' Research Resources that are appropriate for your assignments.

FA 370 The Art Museum: History, Philosophy and Practice
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012
This guide is designed to help students find resources to research objects to be included in a museum exhibit

FA 405: Vienna 1900
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Jan 30, 2012
This guide will highlight the Libraries' visual and textual resources that will support your research assignment.

FA 409: The Art of the Islamic Book
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Oct 18, 2011
This guide will provide resources for your research in this course.

FA 427:Early Medieval Art in Ireland & Britain
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Feb 6, 2012
This guide will help students discover resources for their research paper and presentation.

FA 461: Frank Lloyd Wright
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Mar 18, 2011
This guide provides links to sources on world renown architect, Frank Lloyd Wright

FA 464: Boston Architecture
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Jan 23, 2012
This guide will lead to resources for research on topics for the course.

FA 473: Art of the Mediterranean
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Feb 9, 2012
This guide will provide information on the Libraries resources available for your course

Factiva
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated May 4, 2011
This is a guide on how to use Factiva.

Film Portal
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012
Starting Point for Film Studies Research

Film Studies
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Jan 5, 2012
This guide describes some of the print, electronic and Web resources used for Film Studies. Need more help? Contact: Adeane Bregman

Financial Markets
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated May 8, 2012
This research guide is designed to help you find key financial market information. It identifies resources in the specific areas of stocks, bonds, interest rates, mutual funds, and commodities.

Find Statistics for the Social Sciences by Topic
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 15, 2012
This guide provides quick links, primarily to tables, in the social sciences. It is organized by major topics and highlights statistics for some of the most frequently requested areas.

Finding Book Reviews
by Lopa Williams - Last Updated Jan 6, 2012
The purpose of this guide is to provide an overview of print and electronic resources which index reviews of books.

Finding Data/Data Support
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Oct 26, 2011
Offers research strategies for finding data in general and select broad subject areas.

Finding Images
by Adeane Bregman - Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
This guide will point to sources of images for research and illustration.

Finding Newspapers
by Ken Liss - Last Updated May 15, 2012
This guide describes sources of current, contemporary (recent past), and historical newspapers available in print or electronically via the Boston College Libraries and/or on the Web.

Finding Pre-1800 Imprints
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Jan 11, 2011
This is a guide to finding books and journals published prior to 1800.

Finding Spatial Data for Mapping (GIS)
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 8, 2012
Includes spatial data sources and mapping tools and support persons. Boston College supports several Geographic Information Systems software packages on campus.

Foreign Trade
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 8, 2012
This guide describes major Foreign Trade datasets, both U.S. and International, focusing only on electronic formats. It also includes links to the major trade classification systems and some statistical indexes and trade policy web sites.

French Language and Literature
by Lawrence Busenbark - Last Updated Apr 17, 2012
French and Francophone Resources

Gender and Sexuality Studies
by Sarah Hogan - Last Updated Apr 12, 2012
This guide provides an overview to the resources available for gender studies.

Gender Studies Portal
by Sarah Hogan - Last Updated Apr 12, 2012
Starting Point for Gender Studies Research

General Science Resources
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Sep 21, 2010
Use this guide to find resources of use to both the specialist and non-specialist across the breadth of the sciences.

German Studies
by Jonas Barciauskas - Last Updated Jul 19, 2011
This Guide is meant to help identify materials for basic and advanced research in German studies; a special emphasis is placed on resources for studying German literature.

German Studies Portal
by Jonas Barciauskas - Last Updated Jul 19, 2011
Starting Point for German Studies Research

Global Warming and Climate Change
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Sep 4, 2011
This guide serves as a starting point for those looking for key documents and resources on the topic of global warming.

Health Statistics
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Mar 13, 2012
This guide highlights health data available at the state, federal and international level in several areas of health care and health administration. Primary sources are the Federal Government and international agencies.

Hedge Funds
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated Apr 24, 2012
This guide describes some major starting points for information on the hedge fund industry.

Help Yourself! Quick Look-Ups and FAQs
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Apr 9, 2012

Hispanic Ministry @ Boston College
by Steve Dalton - Last Updated Jun 6, 2011
This guide introduces the Hispanic Ministry Program at Boston College's School of Theology and Ministry (STM). It also points to important resources for the study of U.S. Latino/a theology and ministry.

Hispanic Studies
by Lawrence Busenbark - Last Updated Apr 17, 2012
Hispanic Studies Resources

History Portal
by Elliot Brandow - Last Updated Feb 16, 2012
Starting Point for History Research

History Research
by Elliot Brandow - Last Updated Mar 26, 2012
Scholarly resources in all areas of historical research at Boston College

Hometown, Then and Now (EN 010-07 & -23)
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 27, 2012
Research sources and tips for the hometown history assignment in Mariette Landry's FWS classes.

HS 247: Irish Material Culture: 1770-1930
by Adeane Bregman, Kathy Williams, Elliot Brandow - Last Updated Oct 25, 2011
This guide will provide multidisciplinary resources to support research and documentation for Irish Material Culture

HS 300-57: Adoption, Race, and Kinship in the 20th Century United States
by Elliot Brandow - Last Updated Feb 28, 2012
Research sources, strategies, and support for Prof. Oh's History 300 course on the writing and study of history

HS 300-63: France and World War II
by Elliot Brandow - Last Updated Feb 17, 2012
Sources and support for Prof. Spagnoli's course on the Study and Writing of History

HS 300-80: King Philip’s War: Indians and Colonists in New England
by Elliot Brandow - Last Updated Aug 16, 2011

HS 300:25 The Montgomery Bus Boycott
by Justine Sundaram, Elliot Brandow - Last Updated Sep 6, 2011
This guide will highlight resources for conducting historical research.

HS 517 - U.S. Constitutional History
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated Sep 9, 2011
This guide provides research sources, strategies, and support for students in Professor Samito's HS 517 - U.S. Constitutional History class.

HS300.93 Study and Writing of History: Britain and the Second World War
by Brendan Rapple, Elliot Brandow - Last Updated Sep 27, 2011

Human Behavior & the Social Environment
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Aug 29, 2011
Research sources & support for students in SW 721: Human Behavior & the Social Environment.

Industry Information
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated May 15, 2012
This Guide focuses primarily on industries in the United States but also identifies some international resources.

International & U.S. Statistics
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 8, 2012
The purpose of this guide is to highlight key statistical information covering International sources. There is a special emphasis on electronic access to Demographic, Economic, Financial and Social Science data.

International Business Resources
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated May 15, 2012
The purpose of this guide is to identify online and print resources on international business available through the Boston College Libraries and on the web.

International Studies
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Aug 25, 2011
This guide supports research in International Studies.

Interpersonal Communication
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 15, 2012
This guide provides help finding articles, books, background information, tests & measures, and additional support for research on interpersonal communication.

iPads in Education
by Shirley Cho - Last Updated May 13, 2012
This libguide focuses on the use of the iPad in education and specifically the iPad as a resource tool for teachers. The apps listed on this guide are specific to apps found on ERC iPads.

Irish Genealogy (Irish Studies)
by Kathy Williams - Last Updated Mar 23, 2012
The aim of this guide is to point users to resources that assist genealogical research.

Irish History (Irish Studies)
by Kathy Williams - Last Updated Apr 11, 2012
This is a guide to resources in Irish and Irish-American History.

Irish Literature and Language (Irish Studies)
by Beth Sweeney - Last Updated Feb 2, 2011
A multi-page research guide to Irish literature resources in the Boston College libraries

Irish Music at Boston College
by Beth Sweeney - Last Updated May 3, 2012
Library Research Guide

Irish News and Newspapers (Irish Studies)
by Kathy Williams - Last Updated Feb 8, 2012
This guide lists news sources for Irish and Irish-American topics in both current and historical Irish newspapers.

Irish Studies General Reference
by Kathy Williams - Last Updated May 19, 2011
General Reference Sources for Irish Studies Research

Irish Studies Portal
by Beth Sweeney - Last Updated Jan 30, 2012
Starting Point for Irish Studies Research

Irish Women Writers (Irish Studies)
by Kathy Williams - Last Updated Jan 14, 2011
This guide points researchers to material that is valuable for research into Irish Women Writers.

Islamic Civilization & Societies Portal
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Aug 19, 2011
Getting started in Islamic Civilization & Societies Research

Islamic Civilization and Societies
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Jan 6, 2012
This guide focuses on the essential resources for research in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Italian Language and Literature
by Lawrence Busenbark - Last Updated Apr 17, 2012
Italian Language and Literature Resources

Jewish Studies Portal
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Jan 6, 2012
Starting point for Jewish Studies Research

John J. Burns Library
by Kathy Williams - Last Updated May 4, 2012
The Burns Library is home to more than 250,000 volumes, some 16,000,000 manuscripts and important collections of architectural records, maps, art works, newspapers, photographs, music, films, prints, artifacts and ephemera.

Latin American Studies
by Lawrence Busenbark - Last Updated Apr 17, 2012
Identifying and locating resources for Latin American Studies.

Latin American Studies Portal
by Lawrence Busenbark - Last Updated Nov 5, 2011
Starting Point for Latin American Studies Research

Law (O'Neill Collection) Portal
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated Jan 11, 2011
Starting Point for Legal Research for the General BC Community. Law School students may want to go directly to the Law School Library homepage.

LibGuides for Guide Authors: Getting Started
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Feb 21, 2012
Everything -- well, nearly everything -- you need to get started with LibGuides and publish your guides

Library Science
by Pam Perry - Last Updated Oct 31, 2010
Electronic information about library and information science.

Linguistics
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Apr 27, 2012
This guide is intended to aid students of linguistics in the Slavic and Eastern Languages Department at Boston College.

Linguistics Portal
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Jan 21, 2011
Starting point for Linguistics research

Literary Research
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Sep 8, 2011
This guide is intended to assist students who are conducting research on literature in English.

Management Consulting Industry
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated May 9, 2011
News and information about management consulting companies and industry.

Market Research Databases
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated Nov 2, 2011
This is a list of some of our major market research reports databases.

Marketing & Advertising
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated May 15, 2012
This research guide identifies major resources in the marketing and advertising fields. It includes demographic and general industry sources which focus primarily on the United States, though international sources are also included.

Mass Media
by Ken Liss - Last Updated Nov 11, 2010
This guide describes some of the major print and electronic resources for the study of journalism, broadcasting, and new media.

Mathematics
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Oct 24, 2011
This guide highlights quick reference sources and major journals and indexes.

Mathematics Portal
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Mar 5, 2012
Starting Point for Mathematics Research

Mergers & Acquisitions
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated Nov 16, 2011
This guide identifies major sources in the merger and acquisition industry including deal statistics, journals and databases, and general industry news and websites.

MJ 021 Law I - Introduction to Law and Legal Process
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated May 10, 2012
This guide provides research assistance for the 2012 summer session of MJ 021 in Italy.

MJ185 Law and Economics
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated Mar 19, 2012
Research resources for students in MJ185.

Music
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated Apr 20, 2012
This guide provides information on some of the music resources and services available in the Boston College Libraries.

Music Portal
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated Apr 5, 2012
Starting point for music research.

Neuroscience & Cognitive Psychology
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Aug 29, 2011
This guide was designed to help you get started with research in neuroscience in both psychology and biology. It has journal databases, reference books, and other recommended resources.

Nonprofit Industry
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated Feb 3, 2012
This guide identifies resources about the nonprofit industry. The focus is primarily on U.S. sources, but there is some international coverage included.

NU210/NU472/NU402 : Geographic Information Systems for Public Health
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated May 8, 2012
Software and data sources for researchers using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for public health.

Nursing
by Wanda Anderson - Last Updated Feb 12, 2010
Essential resources to begin your research in Nursing are included in this Research Guide.

Nursing Portal
by Wanda Anderson - Last Updated Jan 3, 2012
Starting Point for Nursing Research

OECD iLibrary and OECD.Stat Help Guide
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Dec 12, 2011
Description of full text OECD data and publications collections. Searching instructions for downloading spreadsheet and other formats for data.

Open Access and Scholarly Publishing
by Copyright Group - Last Updated Mar 16, 2012

Opinion Polls and Social Science Surveys
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Oct 24, 2011
Find opinion polls and social surveys from both free and subscription resources. Some resources contain quick survey statistics, while others offer downloadable data in formats compatible with statistical software that are used for secondary analysis.

Philosophy
by Jonas Barciauskas - Last Updated Jan 26, 2012
The Guide is meant to help identify materials for basic and advanced research in philosophy.

Philosophy of Education
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Jan 11, 2011
This guide highlights some catalogs, databases, indexes, and web sites useful for research in Philosophy of Education.

Philosophy Portal
by Jonas Barciauskas - Last Updated Jan 13, 2011
Starting Point for Philosophy Research

Physics
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Oct 28, 2010
A guide to the major print and online resources in physics.

Physics Portal
by Sally Wyman - Last Updated Jan 13, 2011
Starting point for Physics research

PO 360: Rights in Conflict
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Apr 2, 2012

PO 518: Liberalism, Nation Building, and American Foreign Policy
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Feb 6, 2012

PO 522: International Institutions
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Feb 7, 2012
This research guide provides information about the print and electronic English language resources on International Institutions

PO: 469 The Politics of Japan and the Republic of Korea
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Sep 27, 2011

Political Science Portal
by Nina Bogdanovsky, Leslie Homzie - Last Updated Apr 2, 2012
Starting Point for Political Science Research

Primary Sources in History
by Elliot Brandow - Last Updated Jan 31, 2012
Core collections of primary sources at Boston College

Psychology
by Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah - Last Updated Apr 27, 2012
This guide is designed to facilitate access to various types of information in psychology and related areas.

Psychology Portal
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Mar 23, 2012
Starting Point for Psychology Research

Psychology: Finding Tests & Measures
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Jan 13, 2012
This guide will help you navigate the sometimes complicated process of findings tests and measures in the field of psychology.

RefWorks
by Kwasi Sarkodie-Mensah - Last Updated Mar 30, 2012
A step-by-step guide to using RefWorks

Researching Irish and American Law
by Sonia Ensins - Last Updated Jun 22, 2011
Research support for the summer session of MJ 021 in Dublin.

RL572 : Comparative Development of the Romance Languages
by Lawrence Busenbark - Last Updated Nov 28, 2011

Romance Languages and Literatures Portal
by Lawrence Busenbark - Last Updated Dec 13, 2011
Starting Point for Romance Languages and Literatures Research

Russian Language & Literature
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Oct 19, 2011
Russian Language & LIterature

Slavic and Eastern Languages and Literatures Portal
by Nina Bogdanovsky - Last Updated Feb 3, 2011
Starting Point for Slavic and Eastern Languages and Literatures Research

SmartBoard Resources
by Margaret Cohen - Last Updated Sep 23, 2011

Social Work Portal
by Kate Silfen, Sarah Hogan - Last Updated Apr 9, 2012
Starting point for Social Work Research

Social Work Research Planner
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Dec 2, 2011
This guide will help you choose information sources and give you tips for finding books, journal articles and websites.

Social Work with Children, Youth, & Families
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated May 2, 2012
This guide was designed to help you get started with social work research related to issues for children and their families. You will find books with background information, web sites, statistics, and suggested journal databases.

Social Work with Older Adults & Families
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Aug 29, 2011
This research guide was designed to help you get started with research related to issues that impact older adults and your families. It includes reference books to get you started, journal databases, and selected websites.

Social Work: Diversity & Cross-Cultural Issues
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated May 4, 2012
This research guide is designed to help you get started on your research for social work issues related to diversity issues. You will find general books and websites to help you get started, and suggested databases for finding journal articles.

Social Work: Evidence-Based Practice
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Jan 18, 2012
This guide is designed to give you tips for finding evidence-based sources for your research.

Social Work: Finding Tests and Measures
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Jan 25, 2012
This guide is designed to assist you with steps for finding tests, measures, scales, or questionnaires for your research.

Social Work: Global Practice
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated May 2, 2012
This guide highlights sources of international data and information useful to social work students in the Global Practice concentration classes.

Social Work: Health & Mental Health
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated May 16, 2012
This guide was designed to help you get started with research related to health and mental health. The guide includes general reference books, web sites, and recommended journal databases.

Social Work: PhD Student Resources
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Dec 2, 2011
This guide was created to help GSSW doctoral students take advantage of library resources.

Social Work: Poverty
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Oct 5, 2011
This guide is designed to introduce social work students and faculty members to sources of information on poverty.

Social Work: Public Policy
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Jan 4, 2012
A guide to finding current public policy, policy analysis and background information for policy makers.

Social Work: Research Tools & Tips
by Kate Silfen - Last Updated Mar 28, 2012
This guide is designed to provide monthly tools and tips for doing research.

Sociology
by Sarah Hogan - Last Updated Feb 16, 2012
This guide covers the main electronic and print resources for Sociology and Anthropology.

Sociology and Anthropology Portal
by Sarah Hogan - Last Updated Apr 12, 2012
Starting Point for Sociology and Anthropology Portal

Sociology of Aging
by Sarah Hogan - Last Updated Feb 3, 2012
This guide focuses on resources for topics such as health care and financial planning as they relate to aging adults.

Sociology of Sport
by Sarah Hogan - Last Updated Feb 3, 2012
This guide provides an overview of resources on the soc of sport, covering a wide range of issues from health to business to race/class/gender concerns.

Sports Economics
by Barbara Mento - Last Updated Apr 9, 2012
Business of sports focuses on hard to find sports data such as valuations of teams, salaries and revenues.

Streaming Video
by Kelly Webster - Last Updated May 14, 2012
This guide provides descriptions and links to streaming video resources at BC Libraries.

SuDoc Classification System
by BC LibGuides - Last Updated Aug 10, 2007
This guide gives an overview of the government document SuDoc classification system and describes how to read a SuDoc number and locate it on the shelves or on microfiche.

Theater and Dance Portal
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Mar 16, 2012
Starting Point for Theater and Dance Research

Theater Studies
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Jan 11, 2012
A guide to resources in drama, the performing arts, and theater.

Theology
by Jonas Barciauskas - Last Updated Mar 26, 2012
This guide is an introduction to the basic resources for doing research in theology and for beginning a biblical exegesis paper.

Theology/Theology & Ministry Portal
by Steve Dalton, Jonas Barciauskas - Last Updated Feb 11, 2011
Starting Point for Theology Research

Thomson One Banker
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated Nov 14, 2011
This is a guide on how to use the Thomson ONE Banker database.

University Archives
by Amy Braitsch - Last Updated May 15, 2012
Getting started using the institutional records and publications of Boston College, as well as Faculty and Alumni papers.

Venture Capital & Private Equity
by Claire O'Leary - Last Updated Apr 4, 2012
Research on the venture capital and private equity markets

Writing a Literature Review
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Sep 8, 2011
Tips on writing a literature review (in any subject).

Writing an Education Research Paper
by Brendan Rapple - Last Updated Sep 15, 2011
The following guide contains tips on writing a research paper in Education.