InfoGuides: Cybersecurity Engineering: Get Help

Get Help

Need some help with your research? Have questions about the library or library resources? Let's talk!

Email (Interim) Engineering Librarian khoffma@gmu.edu your questions or to schedule an online or phone appointment.

George Mason University provides a number of academic support services free of charge.

Academic Skills Workshops
The academic skills workshops can help you improve your academic performance and develop your study skills. Workshops include: Exam Strategies, Critical Thinking, Reading Strategies, Note-taking, and Memory Strategies.
The Writing Center: Tutoring
The Writing Center offers face-to-face, video, and email tutoring, as well as ESL Writing Support.
Academic Coaching Program
The Academic Coaching Program helps students adjust to higher education. Peer Academic Coaches meet with students to develop study plans, discuss time management, goal setting, reading strategies, and more.

Use the following online tutorial to learn new research skills or strengthen skills you already have!

Mason Library Tutorials -- Find tutorials covering all aspects of conducting research, managing the information you find, etc. as well as ones on using library services.

Where do I Start? -- This tutorial provides tips on getting started and seeing your research through to the final paper! (Colorado State)

Look at the following videos to learn more about Literature Reviews and Patent Searching:

Patent Search Beginners Tutorial
This brief tutorial introduces beginning searchers to the different types of patent searches, discusses the patentability search process and strategies for finding information in patents. (Inventor's Quick Tips; Runtime 14:42)
Idea or Invention?
This brief tutorial explains the differences between an "idea" and an "invention." (Inventor's Quick Tips; Runtime 4:26)
How to conduct a Preliminary U.S.Patent Search: A Step-by-Step Strategy
Use this information from the USPTO to help you conduct patent searches.

Zotero Workshops

Need help organizing your research materials and creating citations? Save time and energy and use Zotero!

Take a Zotero workshop to get started or a ZoteroPlus workshop to learn more advanced techniques. Visit this page for the schedule. Registration is required for these very popular workshops.

All Upcoming Workshops

View a list of upcoming workshops on this page.