{"id":27073,"date":"2012-04-23T12:24:18","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T16:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/?page_id=27073"},"modified":"2025-09-05T14:09:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T18:09:04","slug":"how-to","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/help\/how-to\/","title":{"rendered":"How-to Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Basic Help<\/h2>\n<p>Not sure where to start your research? First, you&#8217;ll need to find sources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/getting_started\/welcome\">Getting Started with Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/mugar-memorial\/about\/locationguide\/\">Call Number Locations in Mugar Memorial Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Newspapers FAQ\" href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/news\">Newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/webofscience\">Web of Science Database<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/permalinks\">How to Locate Permalinks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Troubleshooting<\/h2>\n<p>Having trouble accessing or finding your materials?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/help\/using-the-libraries-online\/\">Using the Libraries Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/help\/bu-libraries-search\/\">How to Use BU Libraries Search<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Working with Research Data<\/h2>\n<p>Need help storing, securing, and organizing your research data? See our <a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/data_management\">Data Management Guide,<\/a> or get started with <a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/tdmstudio\">ProQuest TDM Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Writing Help<\/h2>\n<p>Ready to write your paper?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/services\/reference\/writing-centers\/\">Get Writing Help <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/citation-style-guide\">Citation Style Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/create_bibliographies\">Create Bibliographies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/theses\">Guide for Writers of Theses &amp; Dissertations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/proposalsocialsci\">Proposal Writing for Social Science Research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More Resources<\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not finding what you need here, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/guides?b=g&amp;d=a&amp;group_id=5217\">Research Guides<\/a>, which\u00a0cover 41 different subject areas or find a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/research\/guides\/course-guides\/\">Course Guide<\/a> for a class.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/askalibrarian.bu.edu\/\">Ask a Librarian<\/a> for email, chat, or to make a research appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Basic Help Not sure where to start your research? First, you&#8217;ll need to find sources: Getting Started with Research Call Number Locations in Mugar Memorial Library Newspapers Web of Science Database How to Locate Permalinks Troubleshooting Having trouble accessing or finding your materials? Using the Libraries Online How to Use BU Libraries Search Working with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3196,"featured_media":0,"parent":7160,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27073"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27073"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112493,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27073\/revisions\/112493"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}