Printing is available at the library, in UHB 2000, and the Student Union.

Manual printing:

Choose a topic that interests you and fulfills the requirements of your assignment. As you start crafting your research question, consider the following steps.

Step 1: Identify a broad topic of interest.

• For example, immigration, pollution, health disparities, or any other issue that you think could be relevant to the assignment

Step 2: Consider other variables or subtopics to narrow and focus your research.

Items that are returned will have all fees waived.

However, if you have been charged a replacement fee it will be posted to your student/university account. You cannot pay these fees in the library or with an I-card. These fees can be paid through your online account as you would normally pay for your tuition and fees. For more information about this, please contact the university bursar/Cashier's office.

Your Library Account is where you can view items you currently have checked out, renew items, and check the status of requests. Follow the steps below to access your account.

1. If you already use Libby skip to step 3.

If you're at the very beginning of the process, the Start Your Research guide is a great place to start.

Your i-Card (aka your student or faculty/staff ID) serves as your library card. In order to checkout materials, you must have your i-Card with you.

If you are not a student, faculty, or staff member, special borrower cards are also available. You can apply for a reciprocal card here, or contact the Main Desk of the library at (217)-206-6605.

If you need help getting your i-card when you first arrive, please reference our i-card FAQ.

Advertisements for student employment for the library, or anywhere on campus, will be posted on Career Connect. Students seeking on-campus employment must apply via Career Connect.

In order to apply, students must have an approved resume uploaded to Career Connect. (If you have trouble logging in to the Career Connect website call them at (217) 206-6508

We've created a research guide to help you along the research process. It includes information to help with selecting keywords, using search operators, building your search in a database, evaluating your sources, and exploring the range of resources Brookens Library has to offer.

An empirical article is a research article that reports the results of a study that uses data derived from actual observation or experimentation.