Five Steps to Better Research  ( 3- 5 minutes)

• How do I formulate a research question?
• How can I find other ways to search for my topic?
• How can I make the research process quicker and easier?

This tutorial was created by Colorado State University Libraries

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Research Strategies (4.1 minutes)

• How to choose your research topic
• How to identify key concepts
• How to analyze your information needs
• How to select resources that match your information needs

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Basic Boolean Searching ( 3- 5 minutes)

• What is Boolean?
• When should you use AND?
• When should you use OR?
• When should you use NOT?

This tutorial was created by Colorado State University Libraries

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Advanced Boolean Searching  ( 3-5 minutes)

• How do you combine multiple operators (AND, OR, NOT)?
• Do all databases combine operators the same way?
• When are parentheses needed?

This tutorial was created by Colorado State University Libraries

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Article Databases in 5 Minutes  (5 minutes)

• What is a database?
• What is an article database?
• What are the key features of article databases?

This video was created by North Carolina State University Libraries.

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Seeking Information: Web vs. Library Databases (5 minutes )

• Search engine versus a library database
• Overview of the types of information resources
• Overview of how to search the EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier

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Understanding Information Sources

• the value of using a variety of information sources in their research
• the differences between scholarly and popular journals
• the importance of both current and historical sources
• how to determine if a source is primary or secondary
• the features of qualitative and quantitative research

Produced by Connie Maxwell, Brandy Klug, and Greg Hardin with technical assistance from TCET (Texas Center for Educational Technology)

URL: http://www.twu.edu/library/tutorial/information/

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Literature Reviews:  (10 minutes)

• What is a literature review?
• What does it mean to review the literature?

This video was created by North Carolina State University Libraries.

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Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals (final)

This You Tube presentation was created by Vanderbilt University

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeyR30Yq1tA

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• What a peer-reviewed journal is
• When and why to use them
• Know the key differences between a peer-reviewed journal and a popular magazine
• Know the key differences between academic database sources and open Internet sources
• Know the first basic step in searching for peer reviewed articles in EbscoHost

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Evaluation of URLs (5 minutes )

• Basic methods for assessing the appropriateness of using web site sources for papers and assignments
• Includes Google ranking factors, inferences of domain extensions (.com, .edu, .org, .gov), the importance of site authorship, mechanisms for promoting accuracy, tracing reliability of sources

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CLICS: Contra Costa College Library Information Competency Skills Tutorial

Description:     CLICS is an online information competency/literacy ten chapter tutorial.

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Citation : an interactive tutorial

Credited to Eastern Washington University Library.

(http://support.library.ewu.edu/reference/tutorial/flash/citation.html)

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Citations and Plagiarism (4.1 minutes)

• How and why cite research sources
• How to avoid both intentional and unintentional forms of plagiarism
• How to become familiar with MLA Style and APA Style

This video was created by CLIP (Cooperative Library Instruction Project)

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MLA Tutorial

This tutorial has been developed collaboratively by the Hunter College Writing Across the Curriculum Program, Library, and Office of Instructional Computing and Information Technology

URL: http://library.hunter.cuny.edu/tutorials/mla/mla tutorials.html

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Learn about the elements of citing books, articles and websites in APA and MLA style.

• Users can practice citing sources by dragging the elements and putting them in order.

Ielleen Miller, Reference Librarian, wrote the content, and Jonathan Grubb, computer science student, did the Flash authoring.

URL: http://support.library.ewu.edu/reference/tutorial/flash/citation.html

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