Welcome to the library research wiki for the MLWGS community, a companion site to the library's blog and a space for students, faculty, and parents to pool their expertise about doing research.

Join our community
Anyone may create or edit pages on our wiki. As your resourceress, I'll create pages for each tutorial and research guide that I design, such as Customizing news streams. Although I'll create these pages, anyone may edit them. The main rule about adding content to the library research wiki is that all of it must be related to doing research. Please do not post the logins for our subscription databases. You may pick those up in the library media center.

Please read the guidelines below and Wiki structure and tags before creating or editing pages, or starting discussion threads on our wiki.

Why a blog AND a wiki?
Another technology tool?!? Why do we need a wiki if we have a blog?

What a good question! A wiki allows all of us to contribute and edit pages to organize and share our collective knowledge about research. Pages give us more room to write than is customary for a blog post, and on each page of our wiki we can integrate links to online resources, uploaded documents, and widgets, and most importantly, explain our research tips by writing about them. The wiki also allows us to have threaded discussions on each page.

Guidelines for contributing to the library research wiki

1. Whenever possible, edit an existing page rather than creating a new one. For instance, if you want to share JSTOR search tips, check to see if there is already a JSTOR page. If so, add your tips to it. If not, create one that others can edit later.
2. If you have a suggestion about a particular page, you may post a suggestion to it by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking start a new thread. If a relevant thread already exists, add to that one instead of creating a new one.
3. You're writing for an audience. Be clear and concise, and use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Proofread your work.
4. You're part of a community. Be respectful, accountable, and kind.
5. Share tips and tools you've tried firsthand. This way you can answer questions if others ask them.
6. Tag any pages you create with relevant key words. If you add information to an existing page, add tags if necessary. Be consistent with tags already in use on the research wiki. See Wiki structure and tags for more information.
7. Practice internet safety. Do not reveal your full name (especially if you are a student) or personal information such as your address or phone number in wiki discussions. If you add an image to your profile, please use an avatar rather than a photograph of yourself.

Be adventurous - join the library research wiki today!