International Students' Guide to the Dudley Knox Library

Ask a Librarian

A librarian is assigned to each NPS School, Center, Institute, or other curriculum to assist the faculty and students in those areas.

Find something you need and we don't have it? 

Request article or book
(Interlibrary Loan) 

DL students: we'll also send library-owned materials to you.

Article PDFs can arrive as quickly as 2-3 days. Print books can take 1-2 weeks.

One-time registration required. (You'll be prompted to register.)

• First, be as specific as possible​
  Broaden your keywords if you don't get enough relevant results.
   
• For exact phrases
  Use "quotation marks"
   
• For acronyms or synonyms
  Use OR
   
• For stemming or word variations
  Use an asterisk (*)  (Symbol may vary by database.)
  nav*  Finds navy, naval, navigation
  defen*e  Finds defense and defence
   
• Limit your search with Advanced Search filters
  Examples:  Title only or Citation and Abstract, Date, Source, Subject Area, Location

Learn more about phrase, truncating, and wildcard searching. Includes cheat sheet for a variety of library research databases.

The Graduate Writing Center (GWC) and the library offer a variety of research and writing workshops. They are usually front loaded toward the front half of the quarter. Sign up today!

Some workshop examples -- these are just five of the many workshops offered.

• Library Quick Start
• Critical Thinking in Review
• Mastering the Literature Review
• Paraphrasing and Quoting Like a Pro
• Citation Management with Zotero

Learn and develop your writing and critical thinking skills for success. Workshops, writing coaches, drop-in sessions, learning tools, and other resources.

Templates, forms, thesis brief schedule, formatting Instructions, and more.

If you're off campus, select the method of access that works for you:

• Simply wait to login in when prompted*

• Use the NPS CloudLab or Virtual Private Network (VPN)

• Go to My Accounts to login to the different services*

You're already registered and have access to your Library Account, but you'll need to register for these separately:

• Request Articles & Books
• Restricted Collection
• NPS Alumni

*Use your NPS credentials to login.

Learn more about remote access

Questions about accounts or access? Ask a Librarian