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For students, I can:

• Recommend the best databases to search for your research topic
• Help you brainstorm keywords
• Track down tricky citations
• Answer your questions via email, phone or Zoom
• Meet with you individually to hash out your topic or discuss research strategies
• Tell you about library services
• Help out with Zotero
• Purchase books and other material needed for your research

For faculty, I can:

• Track down tricky citations
• Do a quick literature review
• Introduce your students to research tools and strategies via a workshop
• Create Canvas modules tailored to your class assignments
• Discuss ways to best incorporate research skills and library materials into your class assignments
• Meet with your students individually
• Purchase books and other material needed for your research
• Tell you about library services
• Help out with Zotero
• Act as a liaison communicating the department's concerns and needs to library administration

Subject guides created by me to help you with your academic work:

• French Studies
• German Studies
• Italian Studies
• Latin American & Caribbean Studies
• Portuguese Studies
• Spanish Studies