The following guides can help you locate additional research resources or can help you develop, organize, and write a quality research paper.

Help with Research

• User Guide for the USC Libraries Search Engine -- guide for using the search function used to access the USC Libraries' print and online resources.

• Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery Services -- describes a free service of the USC Libraries for obtaining books, book chapters, articles, and other research materials through a network of libraries, research centers, and other institutions.

• Library Terminology: Glossary of Library Terms -- provides definitions of specialized terminology and jargon found on the library's website or when using specific research resources.

Related Research Guides

• International Relations -- a research guide that lists and describes databases and scholarly web sites that support the study of international relations and its related sub-disciplines.

• Public Diplomacy -- a research guide for locating newspaper and journal articles, research reports, and links to online resources that support research about diplomacy.

• Primary Sources -- selective guide to finding databases and directories of archival primary source materials at USC or freely available online.

• Spatial Sciences and GIS -- a resource guide that provides access to resources supporting academic scholarship in the spatial sciences and data visualization.

• Statistics and Data -- guide to numeric sources in the social sciences available through the USC Libraries and on the Internet.

• U.S. and Canadian History -- provides descriptions of resources relevant to the study of American and Canadian history from the colonial period to contemporary times.

Help with Writing

• Chicago Manual of Style -- guide to citation rules of the Chicago Manual covering a variety of commonly used styles. This is the primary citation style used by political science scholars. A guide to other citation styles can be found here.

• Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper -- comprehensive overview on how to write a college-level research paper in the social and behavioral sciences.

• Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Assignments -- describes how to successfully complete specific assignments commonly assigned in social sciences and behavioral sciences courses.

• RefWorks -- a guide to using RefWorks in the USC Libraries environment, a Web-based citation manager similar to EndNote.