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Amelia Brunskill
Liaison Librarian for the Sciences

Master of Science in Information Studies          
University of Texas at Austin

Bachelors in Psychology (B.S.) and Art (B.A.)                   
University of Washington, Seattle

If I am unavailable, please ask at the circulation desk (717-245-1397) to see if there is another librarian available, or send an email to library@dickinson.edu describing your research need.

Departments:

•  Biology  (Subject Guide)
•  Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (Subject Guide)
•  Chemistry (Subject Guide)
•  Computer Science (Subject Guide)
•  Environmental Studies (Subject Guide)
•  Geology  (Subject Guide)
•  Mathematics (Subject Guide)
•  Neuroscience
•  Physics (Subject Guide)
•  Psychology (Subject Guide)

Reference Services:

I can help you find research resources, including:

• finding books
• finding magazine, newspaper, and journal articles
• finding primary sources such as archival materials
• showing you which databases might be most useful for your topic

I can help you with research process from beginning to end, including:

• helping you frame a research question
• showing you where to start
• helping you decide what kind of materials best to support your research paper
• helping you focus when you have too many sources to choose from
• helping you find more sources when you do not have enough
• showing you how to trace the development of a topic and prepare a literature review
• helping you cite material properly and demonstrating library tools that you can use to simplify the process