It is that time of the semester where you're starting to think about getting started on that research paper.

For finding scholarly or popular articles and books nothing beats the library's search engine, OneSearch:

http://nmu.summon.serialssolutions.com/

OneSearch provides quick access to full text resources available to NMU students, faculty, and staff. With the speed and relevancy of Google, but just including NMU resources, OneSearch will get you up and running in no time.