To find what services and resources are offered at your campus library, visit their home pages:
- W.A.C. Bennett Library - Burnaby Campus, this is the SFU Library main homepage
- Belzberg Library - Vancouver Campus
- Surrey Library - (Fraser Valley Real Estate Board Academic Library)
General research tip links
- Start your research here - A step by step guide to the library research process , including ideas on where to look for information.
- SFU Library research guides - Tips and lists of resources for each all subjects taught at SFU. Many of them include guides to specific courses and assignments.
- Take the SFU Library interactive Plagiarism Tutorial to test yourself and to learn more about plagiarism.
- Writing for University - Links prepared by SFU Student Learning Commons to tips, guides and presentations on academic writing.
- Internet Research - A guide to finding and evaluating websites and other freely available Web resources.
- Quick & Dirty Overview of Writing Research Papers
Style guides
Most SFU Subject Research Guides include a section on specific citation styles relevant to each subject.
- Writing and Style Guides - A guide prepared by SFU librarians with information on how to cite in different styles, such as APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, CSE and IEEE. This guide also explains how to cite images and how to avoid plagiarism.
- Sample Papers in MLA Style - The MLA Style Centre
- APA Sample Paper - American Psychological Association
- Citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers - a guide prepared by SFU Librarians, inspired by Norquest College
- Information needed to cite a journal article
- Information needed to cite a book
- Information needed to cite a webpage