{"id":99,"date":"2025-11-26T11:32:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2026-06-29T14:22:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T18:22:03","slug":"research-guides","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/help-research-support\/research-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bu.edu\/guides\/\">Research Guides<\/a> are online tools created by BU librarians to support your research. You can browse guides by topic, creator, or course prefix. 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