Resources

Your home base for academic support, writing guides, and the Alekhni student journal.

The definitive guide to APA citation style, the most common format in social sciences.

A structured approach to reading academic articles efficiently and critically.

Free search engine indexing scholarly articles, theses, books, and conference papers.

Digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources across disciplines.

Free database of biomedical and life sciences literature from NCBI.

Social Science Research Network for preprints and working papers.

Education Resources Information Center for research in education and related fields.

AI-powered research tool with semantic search and citation graph exploration.

Free, open-source reference manager that integrates with browsers and word processors.

Official guide to getting started with Zotero, from installation to citation export.

Handouts on almost every aspect of academic writing, from thesis statements to paragraphs.

Clear, practical advice on writing a strong thesis statement for your paper.

Step-by-step guide to writing a scholarly literature review.

Comprehensive online text on applied social research methods by William Trochim.

Introduction to qualitative approaches: interviews, ethnography, case studies, and more.

Submit your completed research paper to the Alekhni student research journal.

Multidisciplinary undergraduate research journal.