Biology Research Guide for Graduate Students: Research Tools

• Zotero is free, easy to use software that helps you save, manage, and cite research sources.

• Provides descriptions and examples of the most common entry types for APA citation style.

• ​​​​​​​USU Libraries citation guide for APA style.

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Need to cite your sources in another style? Check out this guide for help!

 Search alerts allow you to stay up to date with articles as new research is published. This guide will walk you through how to create alerts on multiple platforms.

Install the Lean Library browser extension​

Use InterLibrary Loan, a free-to-you service that gets you materials not available in our collections​

Unpaywall and OA Button​

Sync Google Scholar with your USU library access