Welcome to the MELA 230 Research Guide! Here you will find resources to help you with your research. Use the side navigation to find:

• An introduction to our library catalog (scroll down)
• Encyclopedias relevant to your topic
• Strategies to find books and ebooks
• An assortment of books by topics 
• Information on how to find articles and journals
• Information on how to find newspaper articles 
• Jewish museum and institute websites
• Resources for citing your sources in Chicago style
• How to install and use Zotero
• How to schedule an appointment with your librarian

Catalyst is a simple way to search across the library catalog and nearly a billion articles, videos, reference books and more at once. You can search for articles and books at the same time, across all subjects. 

Start with Catalyst when you are beginning your research, doing interdisciplinary searching, or looking for a specific book or article by title.

The Catalyst search box is front and center on the library homepage.