Library Instruction: Research Basics

How to find sources when there's no information about your exact topic

Modifying your research topic into a thesis through the research process (finding information and tailoring your search)

A printable worksheet that helps guide topic choice, keyword generation, and thesis selection

Using phrase searching/bound phrases in searching

Includes brilliant explanation of why everything isn't on Google.

Interactive website allows you to drill down a call number.

Get started finding information about your source (produced by the University of Texas, San Antonio)

Illustration and explanation of a scholarly article and its parts.

Uses the criteria of Currency, Relevance, Authority, and Purpose to illustrate what to look for in a source

Breaks down CRAAP guidelines to help students learn how to evaluate sources

What's the difference between Google & Google Scholar, what's available, and when to go to your library

Peer review, scholarly articles: what they are

What is a scholarly article, where it is found, and parts of the article

Why Wikipedia isn't an appropriate source for academic research

Peer review, 5th grade. Otters.

Miranda's text has undergone several revisions, but will it pass peer review before it can be sent to her new man?

A humorous look at what Lincoln's renowned Gettysburg Address would have looked like as a PowerPoint presentation.