{"id":10171,"date":"2022-05-05T10:04:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T14:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=10171"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T12:31:26","slug":"researchsupport","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/researchsupport\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center items-stretch gap-8 cards-per-row-3\">\n\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card flex flex-col rounded-lg overflow-hidden relative transition-all duration-200 ease-out shadow-sm self-stretch\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-1 bg-linear-to-r from-green to-green-bright\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"p-6 pb-0 pt-7 bg-gray-50\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uppercase font-bold text-lg tracking-wider leading-tight text-gray-900\">\n\t\t\t\tResearch Help\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h-0.75 mt-4 w-10 bg-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative bg-gray-50\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-6 pt-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative rounded-lg overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"absolute inset-0 z-1 m-4 border rounded-lg pointer-events-none border-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;library&#x2F;files&#x2F;2026&#x2F;05&#x2F;ErynResearchHelp-copy.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;library&#x2F;files&#x2F;2026&#x2F;05&#x2F;ErynResearchHelp-copy-300x200.jpg&#x20;300w,&#x20;https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;library&#x2F;files&#x2F;2026&#x2F;05&#x2F;ErynResearchHelp-copy.jpg&#x20;600w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Research Help\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"w-full object-cover h-48\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"px-6 pt-4 pb-7 flex flex-1 flex-col styled-list text-[15px] bg-gray-50 text-gray-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-1\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.marshall.edu\/landingpage\">Research Help Guides (LibGuides)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/research\/research_tools\/\">All Academic Online Research Tools<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.marshall.edu\/source-types\">Understanding Source Types<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/services\/source_evaluation\/\">Evaluating Sources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/research-assistance\/e-reference-general\/\">General Electronic Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marshall.libcal.com\/appointments\">Schedule a Research Consultation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card flex flex-col rounded-lg overflow-hidden relative transition-all duration-200 ease-out shadow-sm self-stretch\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 right-0 h-1 bg-linear-to-r from-green to-green-bright\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"p-6 pb-0 pt-7 bg-gray-50\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"uppercase font-bold text-lg tracking-wider leading-tight text-gray-900\">\n\t\t\t\tCitation Help\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"h-0.75 mt-4 w-10 bg-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative bg-gray-50\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"px-6 pt-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"relative rounded-lg overflow-hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"absolute inset-0 z-1 m-4 border rounded-lg pointer-events-none border-green\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;library&#x2F;files&#x2F;2026&#x2F;05&#x2F;CitationHelp-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;library&#x2F;files&#x2F;2026&#x2F;05&#x2F;CitationHelp-scaled-1-300x200.jpg&#x20;300w,&#x20;https&#x3A;&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marshall.edu&#x2F;library&#x2F;files&#x2F;2026&#x2F;05&#x2F;CitationHelp-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg&#x20;1024w\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"Citation Help\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"w-full object-cover h-48\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"px-6 pt-4 pb-7 flex flex-1 flex-col styled-list text-[15px] bg-gray-50 text-gray-500\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"flex-1\">\n<h3>Citation Guides<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2019\/08\/MLA_8th_Citation_Quickguide.pdf\">MLA 8th Ed. 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