Advanced Writing in the Disciplines (AWD) : 3302 (Technical Professions)

Scholar OneSearch is Northeastern's library catalog and discovery system, for searching articles, books and e-books, streaming media, archival collections, datasets, and other materials available at the Northeastern Library. 

You can contact your subject specialist librarian by clicking on their name below or by navigating to their subject guides:

• Jodi Bolognese, Engineering Librarian
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering Guide
  • Chemical Engineering Guide
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering Guide
  • Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Guide
• Alissa Link Cilfone, Biosciences Librarian
  • Bioengineering Guide
• Rachel Landis, Computer and Information Science Librarian
  • Computer and Information Science Guide

View complete list of subject librarians and specialists.

Or, contact us at Ask a Reference Librarian!

Support from Northeastern's Writing Center includes:

• Writing in STEM - a list of guides and other resources for learning to write in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields
• Writing Resources - for topics like grammar and style, vocabulary, revision techniques, support for multilingual writers, and other campus resources
• Tutoring services - book an appointment for free help with brainstorming, planning, researching, organizing, drafting, revising and using sources.

The library has many more research tutorials on common research questions and skills. To see what else is available, visit the library's Research Tutorials page.

To see how the media writes about your topic, try these resources:

Academic databases usually contain the most up-to-date and in-depth information on your topic. While Scholar OneSearch is a great place to start your research, subject-specific databases can give you more focused results. For topics in Engineering and Computer Science, try:

Annotated bibliographies

Get information here about annotated bibliographies

Tutorial: Finding Peer Reviewed Articles (view PDF version and more peer-review tutorials)

Reference databases and encyclopedias don't offer up-to-the-minute research, but they do provide important context and background information on a broad array of topics.

A selection of reference databases is listed below. You can also browse the complete list on the library's website.