URC Support Resources Getting Help

URC Support Resources

Your main point of contact and your best helper and support will be your faculty mentor. But beyond your faculty mentor, there are many services that offer support with your research and point you to a few!
 

One on One with a Librarian

Librarians are available and ready to support you with your research needs (not only for URC, but anything!). By setting up a one on one appointment you will get help with brainstorming ideas and finding awesome quality sources for your research project.
 
To set up a one on one appointment with your librarian, please visit our personalized help page and choose the librarian you prefer. If the particular librarian you contacted is temporarily unavailable please feel free to reach out to another librarian. To schedule your appointment you can use email, phone call, or stop by in person and say hello.
 

Basic Research Support Videos

We have pulled together a few short video resources that will support your basic research needs as you work on your URC project. Please watch the following for more information on:

• Generating Ideas:
  - Mapping Your Research Ideas
  - How to Develop a Strong Research Question
  
• Finding Sources
  - Effective Search Strategies
  - Intro to Finding Quality Sources
  
• Evaluating Sources
  - Advanced Writing: Evaluating Sources
  - Evaluating Sources: Asking Questions About Sources
  

Posters and Presentations

• Academic Posters – Video
  - 5 Tips in 5 Minutes: Academic Posters
  
• Designing Posters – Guides and Documents
  - Poster Presentations – Designing Effective Posters
  - Creating an Effective Scientific Poster

Additional University Resources

• Writing Tutors are available through the Reading Writing Lab on campus.
  
• PowerNotes to help you from start to finish on your writing and research. Here is a tutorial video to help explain best practices.
  
• Free access to Student Canva Pro accounts paid for by the university for designing posters and presentations.
  
• Piktochart can be used to create compelling online visuals
  
• Adobe Express – Adobe Creative Cloud is available for students to freely use with their BYUH email.

Citation Help

• Zotero helps gather and keep track of your citations
  
• OWL Purdue for APA and MLA can be used to find the proper formatting of citations
  
• APA Reference Section from BYU–Hawaii's Reading Writing Lab
  
• MLA Reference Section from BYU–Hawaii's Reading Writing Lab