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.

Due to COVID-19, print books or other physical items are currently unavailable.

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.

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

• 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.

Templates, forms, citations, SharePoint, Python dashboard, and more.

Office Hours

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

Drop-in Hours: Mon-Fri 1000-1400

By appointment

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