GENERAL RESEARCH TUTORIALS

• Research Road Trip
  An interactive guide in Moodle that will help you find, evaluate, and use appropriate information in the library and beyond. Plough Library
• How to Research a Topic
  A quick guide to topic selection and development, finding information in the library, and the difference between scholarly and popular articles. Includes hints on evaluating information, strategies for avoiding plagiarism in your papers, and more. Plough Library
• Research Strategies
  Step-by-step guide to choosing and developing a research topic from Northeastern State University.
• What Makes a Journal Scholarly?
  Guide to refereed articles from Rutgers University Libraries.
• The Dewey Decimal Classification: A Multimedia Tour
  Learn how to find library materials using the Dewey Decimal System with this quick tour from OCLC.
• Citing Your Sources
  Quickly learn the basics of citing sources in APA and MLA styles with this Flash tutorial from Eastern Washington State University.
• Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web
  Learn the ins and outs of effective internet searching with this guide from the University of South Carolina.
• Primary vs. Secondary Sources
  This quick guide from Bowling Green State University explains the difference between primary and secondary sources.
• The Flow of Information
  An explanation of how and where information appears and is published over time, using two different topics as research examples, from the Five Colleges of Ohio.

DATABASE TUTORIALS

• EBSCOhost
  These tutorials are Flash videos.  Get the Flash Player
  
• •  Introduction to EBSCOhost 2.0: Learn about the new version of EBSCOhost, released July 2008.
  •  Advanced Search with Guided Style (runtime 4 minutes): Learn how do more advanced searches in EBSCOhost.
  •  Advanced Search with Single Find Field; Creating Search and Journal Alerts (runtime 3 minutes)
  •  How to Create Search and Journal Alerts (runtime 3 minutes)
  •  Visual Search (runtime 2.20 minutes)
    Learn how to use the Visual Search feature in EBSCOhost.
    
    
• Gale - Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL)
• • PowerSearch Guided Tour: Learn how to use the PowerSearch interface to search multiple Gale databases at once.
  • Gale Virtual Reference Library
  • General Business File ASAP (tutorial from Babson College)
  • Health and Wellness Resource Center
  • Literature Resource Center
  • Kids Infobits
  • National Newspaper Index (tutorial from Babson College)
    
    
• LexisNexis
• • Main Tutorials Page 
  • LexisNexis Academic Wiki: Contains user-contributed guides for doing subject-specific research in LexisNexis.