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Research Skills Tutorials

• Research Skills Tutorials Suite
  A set of 9 modules that provide a foundation of information literacy and critical thinking skills. Topics range from getting started with research, to evaluating and critiquing information sources, to citations.

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  Guide on how to select a topic for your research paper.

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  Guide on various search strategies to broaden or narrow your search, including choosing keywords, using boolean operators, and more.

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  Guide on how to evaluate common sources, including books, journals, and websites.

• Subject Headings
  Guide that defines Subject Headings (SH) or other controlled vocabulary and discusses the differences between SH and keyword searching. See list below for guides on using SH in common databases.

  • Libraries' Catalog
  • Ebsco databases (Academic Search Ultimate, PsychInfo, etc.)
  • Embase
  • Engineering Village
  • PubMed (MeSH)

Library 101 Tutorials

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  Video on using the Libraries' website to locate databases. (1:27)

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  Guide on places to look to search for journal articles.

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  A screencast tutorial on how to search for articles in the EBSCOhost interface using their advanced search option. EBSCOhost is the interface for many popular and multidisciplinary databases, like Academic Search Ultimate, Business Source Ultimate, PsychInfo, Sociology Source Ultimate, and more. (2:38)

• Get It!
  A visual guide for using the Get It! button in databases to check for library access to electronic materials or requesting items through Interlibrary Loan.

• Finding Books
  A visual guide to searching for, locating, and checking out books. Also see our for a FAQ.

• Finding Ebooks
  A quick visual guide to searching for only ebooks and how to download individual chapters or entire copies to your own computer. For more details on ebooks, see our in-depth .

• Inter-Library Loan (ILL)
  Visual guide on how to create an ILL account, how to submit an ILL request and how to retrieve the item(s).

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  Guide defining primary sources and how to find them at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Libraries.

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  Guide that covers the difference between statistics and data, how to access them, and sources to look for them.

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  How to cite sources and images using APA, MLA, Chicago and other styles and information on academic honesty and plagiarism avoidance.

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  Learn how to use various free citation management tools that allow you to save and organize your citations and create bibliographies.

Subject-Specific Tutorials

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  In this module, you will learn how to search for books, use databases to find articles, and search strategies.

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  In this module, you will learn how about finding general information on Biomedical Chemistry, locating journal articles on Biomedical Chemistry, searching strategies, and chemical structure drawing tools.

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  This module includes ways to find general information about biofilms, identify and locate texts that cover biofilms and ways to find and access research articles on biofilms using journals and databases.

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  This module includes ways to find general information on pharmacology, identify and locate journal articles, search strategy advice, and citing for pharmacology.

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  In this module, you will learn about finding reference sources and books on ecological genetics, locating journal articles in Web of Science, and using cited reference searching to find related research.

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  In this module, you will learn to find books using the Catalog, articles using databases, additional research resources, and help with research.

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  In this module you will learn how to find books and relevant databases for image and acoustic signals and what library computing resources are available.

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  In this module, you will learn how to access the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) site, use Pubmed for research, and use the Libraries website to find databases.

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  In this module you will learn about: databases used to find articles about neuroscience, search strategies using Find It!, professional organizations and mobile apps for research.

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  In this module, you will learn how to create and use a PICO search in library databases, database search strategies, and how to perform cited reference searching.

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  In this module you will learn about finding general information on smart energy, locating journal articles on smart energy, search strategy advice, and chemical structure drawing tools.

Current Events

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  Find information on all sides of selected social issues and current hot topics using Opposing Viewpoints in Context. (1:29)

Economics

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  This is a short tutorial on how to use the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) website. (3:15)

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  Using the EconLit database to find economic information. (2:50)

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  How to find NBER Working Papers using infoLINK and the NBER Working Papers databases. (1:57)

Finance & Management

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  Find company information using the Business Source Complete database. (3:37)

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  This is a short tutorial on how to find company information in the Business Source Complete database. (2:33)

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  This is a short tutorial on finding industry and company information in the Business Insights: Essentials database. (4:48)

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  This is a short tutorial on how to use the International Financial Statistics Online database. (3:08)

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  This is a short tutorial describing how to use the marketing database MRI Plus (also called MRI+). (4:56)

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  Guide on how to use the Bloomberg Terminal.

Sciences

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  A brief tutorial on how to search GeoRef, a database primarily for the geosciences.(4:09)

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  This tutorial will teach you to use PICO, a model to outline a clinical research question. (8:40)

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  This video tutorial covers how to search in CINAHL, a database covering nursing, allied health, biomedical, and consumer health (9:13).

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  This video tutorial will give you a brief introduction on how to search for and use Medical Subject Headings MeSH in the PubMed database. (2:32)

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  A walkthrough tutorial on how to search IEEEXplore, a database full of the Intitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers publications. IEEEXplore has material across all science and technology disciplines.

Social Sciences

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  A tutorial on how to use Social Services Abstracts to locate articles. (3:36)

Statistics

• This is a short tutorial on how to use the International Financial Statistics Online database. (3:08)

Art and Art History

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  Guide on how to search for, cite, and evaluate images.