Tutorials & Guides

Improve your research and information literacy skills with Research101, a series of five modules designed to equip you with the research skills you'll need for college success. Each module is approximately 10-15 minutes long, and they all have pre and post self-tests, which will give you a good indication about what you already know, what you’ve learned, and what you might still need to go back and review.  After completing a module and passing the post-test, you can print out a certificate of completion with your name on it to submit to instructors who assign the tutorial for course credit. To learn more about the tutorials, listen to this brief introduction (audio only).

Part 1: What's Your Topic?
High-speed Connection     Slower Connection*  (script)

Part 2: Information Types
High-speed Connection     Slower Connection  (script)

Part 3: Finding Information
High-speed Connection     Slower Connection  (script)

Part 4: Evaluating Information
High-speed Connection     Slower Connection  (script)

Part 5: Using and Citing Information Responsibly (And Avoiding Plagiarism!)
High-speed Connection     Slower Connection  (script)

Find Books @ the University Library

• Keyword Searching  (5:38 minutes ~ script)
• Searching by Title and Author  (3:58 minutes ~ script)

Get Books Our Library Doesn’t Own

• Link+   (3:12 minutes ~ script)
• WorldCat and Document Delivery  (4:02 minutes ~ script)

Find Articles @ the University Library

• Choosing a Database  (3:45 minutes ~ script)
• Using Academic Search Elite   (4:18 minutes ~  script)
• Getting the Full Text   (3:26 minutes ~ script)

One Minute Tutorials

Don't have much time? These one-minute tutorials are based on the more comprehensive tutorials above and cover the essentials of finding books, dvds, journal and news articles, choosing a database, and getting books our library doesn't own.