Research Guides: Library Research Tutorials: Library Research Tutorials

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Our tutorials will help you save time! Learn how to:

start your research by picking a topic and learning about scholarly articles and other types of sources

plan and organize your research with our assignment calculator and citation tools

use library databases to get scholarly information and sources on your topic

find sources including scholarly and peer reviewed articles, books, and primary sources

learn about citations and use tools to cite and manage your sources

communicate your research through presentations, posters, or visualizations

find ways to get help both in-person and online

After completing this tutorial, you will be able to:

Find ideas and language on a topic using online tools and techniques
Use techniques like mind mapping, the 5W’s, and freeform writing to narrow a large topic

Last Updated: Feb 9, 2022 3:23 PM