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Library Research Videos and Tutorials

How to Research: A Tutorial

This interactive, web-based tutorial will walk you through the steps of beginning your research, searching the library catalog and databases, finding and evaluating Internet sources, and avoiding plagiarism. Use this tutorial for a refresher in the basics of research. Students taking an online or off-site English Composition I (ENGL 111) class should complete this tutorial.

How to Research: A Tutorial

If your instructor has asked you to complete a tutorial assignment, select the assignment specified by your instructor:

  1. Tutorial Quiz
  2. Library Research for English I

Advanced Research Video Series

This series of four videos will introduce you to subject-specific databases, advanced database search techniques and how to use citations and bibliographies to find articles. These videos are helpful for all upper level classes doing research. Students taking an online or off-site English Composition II (ENGL 112) class should view this video series.

  1. Subject-specific databases
  2. Using Citations and Bibliographies
  3. Database Search Tips
  4. Advanced Search Techniques

If your instructor has asked you to complete a tutorial assignment, select the assignment specified by your instructor:

  1. Tutorial Quiz
  2. Library Research for English II

Database Video Tutorials

The following links will take you to video tutorials about specific databases. All videos in this list were created by the database vendor.