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Learn how to use the library systems and resources for your
research on your own with these online guides and tutorials.
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Research Strategy | Using Information Effectively | Library Catalogs & Online Databases | Web Searching | Web Evaluation

Research Strategy
* 10 Ways to Get Started on a Research Paper
* Research Exercise: Useful Articles
* Research Exercise: Useful Books
* TILT Research Tutorial
* How to Narrow or Broaden Your Research Topic
* Flow of Information
* Research Topic Focusing Worksheet
* Selecting the Right Source
* Steps to Writing a Research Paper
* Tips & Tricks

Using Information Effectively
* 10 Ways to Polish Your Paper
* How to Write a Research Paper
* How to Read a Citation
* Before you begin that paper   (UCLA Dean of Students)
* Plagiarism
* How Not to Plagiarize
* How to cite
* Thesauri & Dictionaries

Library Catalogs & Online Databases
Orion2
* Find Books using Orion2
* Find Periodical Locations using Orion2
Melvyl Catalog
* Find Books using Melvyl
* Use Searchlight to search many indexes at once
* Find Periodical Locations using Melvyl
Specific Indexes
* Find Useful Articles Using Expanded Academic ASAP
* Find Full-text Articles using Lexis-Nexis
* Find Education, Sociology & Science Articles using CSA
* (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

* Find Articles using America: History and Life & Historical Abstracts
Exercises
* Which is Which? What is Where?

Web Searching
* Quick Questions about Search Engines
* Sample Web Sites
* Search Strategy Tips
* Sample Web Search Tools
* Working with Search Tools
* The Invisible Web Uncovered

Web Evaluation
* Thinking Critically about WWW Resources
* Thinking Critically about Discipline-based WWW Resources
* Web Critical Thinking Exercise
* Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
* Who Dunnit: What Kind of Web Page is This??

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Last Updated: May 2, 2004