Welcome
Welcome to the STS 4600 library support guide. This guide provides quick links to the resources you need to succeed in your research in STS4600. Whether you are online or on-Grounds, UVA Library services and support are available to all students.
Your Librarian
Your Librarian is Maggie Nunley
Each school/department at UVA is assigned a research librarian. 
Connect with Maggie for help with your assignments. This service is available to all SEAS students, and meeting with a librarian early in your research process can help you save time and get a better grade.
Maggie can help with any step in the research process and can meet with you in-person or online via Zoom.
Search Virgo
- Getting Started with VirgoUse the link above to open a full-screen version of the PDF below.
- Navigating VirgoInteractive guide to Virgo navigation.
Help with APA citations
For most courses in STS our preferred citation style is APA.
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Uploading to Libra
To submit the SEAS undergraduate thesis portfolio, all students will be submitting their PDFs to the Library's repository Libra.
- Basic Libra Upload InstructionsThis outlines each step of uploading to Libra with recommended points for saving to ensure an easy upload process.
- Detailed Submission of the SEAS Undergrad Thesis PortfolioThis is a guide that goes over all the steps (in probably more detail than you ever wanted to know) about how we'll be submitting the SEAS Undergrad Thesis Portfolio to Libra. It includes written instructions, screenshots, video overviews, and demos of each step in the process.
- Learn about LibraLibra provides stable, central, open access to publicly available content such as journal articles, monographs, conference proceedings, presentations, posters, reports, pre-prints. It also contains data and other products of research, as well as UVA theses and dissertations.
Libra is made up of three repositories: LibraOpen, LibraETD, and LibraData (or UVA Dataverse). - SEAS Undergraduate Thesis Portfolio GuideIncludes the full Library guide for the SEAS undergraduate thesis portfolio including submitting to Libra.
Search for academic articles
Academic databases contain peer-reviewed articles, scientific papers, reports, and more.
In STS4600, you're going to be focusing more on your specific research question and that's going to challenge you to really consider what disciplines and scholars are creating the information and research that you're interested in. Since all your topics are vastly different, I've added the entire list of all the online resources we have available through the Library. If you ever need recommendations, feel free to reach out - Maggie
SEAS Undergraduate Thesis Portfolios
- Online Thesis PortfoliosThis Virgo search pulls all the SEAS undergraduate thesis portfolios that are available in Libra. They span those submitted from 2020-2023.
- Print Thesis PortfoliosThe UVA Library's entire collection of seas undergraduate thesis portfolios. The list is sorted newest (2019) to the oldest (~1940s). All print portfolios are stored at Ivy Stacks and can be access via request.
- SEAS Undergraduate Thesis Portfolio GuideIncludes the full Library guide for the SEAS undergraduate thesis portfolio including submitting to Libra.
Explore ways to make research easier
- Is it peer-reviewed?A quick tutorial to help you determine if a resource is peer-reviewed or not (and what peer-review means and why we care about it!).
- Research Plan ExerciseFeeling stuck with your topic? Use this exercise to go from what you you want to research to the information you need and where you can find it.
- Research Set-upFive tools, tips, and tricks that will help make your entire research process much easier. Make it easy to get access to article, create citations, and find the information you need!
Additional Support
- Library TutorialsLearn more about how to use the Library's many tools and services