FAQ

Are you a Bentley University student looking for quick answers to your questions? Look no further than our AskUs service, launched in Fall 2015. This service has grown into a robust knowledgebase of frequently asked questions (FAQs) that are both relevant and up-to-date.

Our most popular FAQ is: "How do I cite FactSet in APA format?" This question has been viewed an impressive 55,671 times and was last updated on July 5, 2024. Clearly, it’s a hot topic among students!

A frequently asked question at the library is "do you have my textbooks"? The answer is, "maybe".

Although the Bentley Library does not purchase textbooks, it is worth checking to see if (1) your professor has placed a copy of the textbook on reserve at the library or (2) your textbook happens to be in the library's regular book collection.

(1) Check Course Reserves

We are often asked if we have course textbooks. The answer is, "maybe".

Although the Bentley Library does not purchase textbooks, it is worth checking to see if (1) your professor has placed a copy of the textbook on reserve or (2) your textbook happens to be in the library's regular book collection.

(1) Check Course Reserves

We are often asked if we have course textbooks. The answer is, "maybe".

Although the Bentley Library does not purchase textbooks, it is worth checking to see if (1) your professor has placed a copy of the textbook on reserve or (2) your textbook happens to be in the library's regular book collection.

(1) Check Course Reserves

Frequently heard at the Reference Desk:

"My professor said I could get this article at the library, but I don't know how to find it".

"This article is listed on Blackboard, but the link is broken. Can you help me get it?"

"I found a reference to this article in a book I'm using for my research. Can you help me track it down?"

Finding an article when you know the name of the journal, magazine, or newspaper in which it appears is as easy as one, two, three!  Follow these steps:

What is a scholarly article?

Citing sources is important and necessary. It can also be confusing and frustrating, even for those of us with years of experience! Complicating matters is the variety of citation formats available. Expository Writing classes here at Bentley typically teach and use the MLA (Modern Language Association) format, but business faculty rightly require students to use the APA (American Psychological Association) style, which is the citation format used in the social sciences. The APA style of formatting is better suited to citing business resources and databases.

One of the library's most frequently asked questions is if we have course textbooks. The answer is "maybe". Although the Bentley Library does not purchase textbooks, it is worth checking to see if (1) your professor put a copy of the textbook on reserve or (2) your textbook happens to be in the library's regular book collection.

One of our tasks this summer was to build a database of frequently asked questions and answers. The result is a new service that we are calling Ask Us. Knowing that others have asked the same question is a comfort, but more than that, seeing questions you might not have intended to ask but wanted to know can help you to learn new things. Here are a few examples: