The following websites and links may have useful information:

ADS

- ADS consists of bibliographic records covering most research literature in astronomy and astrophysics (abstracts and articles in the ADS are copyrighted by the publisher, and their use is free for personal use only)

- Help Pages for ADS and in particular the use of the Abstract Query Form.

arXiv

- arXiv provides open access to over 970,000 e-prints in Physics (including Astronomy), Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics

Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Faculty

University of Toronto Library Portal

- provides access to the full UofT catalogue. Use the search box to find articles, online journals, or books such as The Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way.

Author Instructions

- from the American Astronomical Society

- Documentation on using the AASTEX macros and other useful LaTeX hints.

Astrobites

- Astrobites is a daily astrophysical literature journal written by graduate students in astronomy. Their goal is to present one interesting paper per day in a brief format that is accessible to undergraduate students in the physical sciences who are interested in active research.

- The Databases of Astronomy: Organizing the Knowledge of the Field

How to Craft a Well-Argued Proposal

- good article from Discover Magazine, 2012.

Astronomy Reference Recommendations

- from the UofT DAA Library

General Educational Material

What is Peer Review?

- From University of Toronto Gerstein Library.

Criteria for Evaluating Webpages

- Useful instructions on identifying authoritative and reliable research websites, from Cornell University Library.

Academic Integrity

Resources for Students

- Links to Understanding Academic Integrity, Writing Resources, Research skills, etc. at the Academic Integrity at the University of Toronto site

Student Academic Integrity

- Information for students from the UofT Faculty of Arts and Sciences about how to act with academic integrity, the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters, and the processes by which allegations of academic misconduct are resolved.

How not to plagiarize

- From Writing at the University of Toronto.