Design Science 503

Use the tabs on the left to find more guidance on finding information in Design Science.

• Research Tips: strategies (such as Boolean operators and phrase searching) that are guaranteed to help you save time when searching for information!
• Books: A quick guide to searching for print books and ebooks in the U-M Library.
• Articles & Conference Proceedings: Links to scholarly databases to find articles, conference proceedings, technical reports, etc. 
• Citation Management Software: Links to software that enable you to capture information about research materials, create bibliographies, and add citations to your assignments.

• Workshop Recordings

Recordings of past workshops hosted by the Engineering Librarians. Workshops of interest: How to Conduct a Literature Review and How to Read Journal Articles. 

• Video: Introduction to the Library for Graduate Students

This short video goes over the highlights for using the UM Library website to find books, articles and much more. 

• Interlibrary Loan

  UM doesn’t own the article or book you are looking for? With this free service, we can get almost anything for you! 

• Proxy Bookmarklet

  When not on a campus computer or using an MWireless or MWireless-UMHS network connection, you can use our proxy server bookmarklet to check for a library subscription to specific content.

• Library Access Browser Extension 

Available for Chrome, Edge, Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Safari on desktops and laptops, as well as through an iOS app, this extension automatically detects when you come across a resource, ebook, or article online that the library has a subscription for.