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Information Literacy Tutorials

Library Tutorials - Helpful How-To's

Deciphering Your Assignment Deconstruct an assignment to its basic parts and identify appropriate resources to successfully complete it.	Developing a Topic How to develop an appropriate topic for a research paper by considering goals, approaches, topic scope and helpful resources.	Generating Search Terms This tutorial will help you discover how to generate effective search terms for internet or database searching
Internet Searching Tips Internet search tips and strategies.	Evaluating Internet Sources Find out how you can effectively evaluate information that you find on the web.	What is a Library Database? Discover what sort of information you might find in library databases and understand when to use them appropriately for research.
Why You Need to Cite Sources Some of the reasons it is important to cite sources when writing a research paper.	Incorporating Sources into Your Paper How to incorporate sources into your college/university papers by effectively structuring sources, including analysis and using sources to support an argument.	Popular and Scholarly Sources How to differentiate between popular and scholarly sources and be able to use them appropriately in your search.
	Primary and Secondary Sources Distinguish between primary and secondary sources and be able to use them appropriately in your research.