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Please click on the heading to see the appropriate content.
- Connect to Library Resources
- Connecting via UC VPN: VPN FAQ
Off-Campus Library Access -
Manage Your Library Materials Online
- Connecting via UC VPN: VPN FAQ
- Start Research on a Topic
Choose a Topic - Tips for Finding Topics
- Begin Research (UC Irvine Libraries)
- Choose the Right Database
- Tutorial
- How to Choose a Subject Database
- Handouts and Guides
- How to Choose a Database (tips from OhioLINK)
- Suggested Databases for General Research Topics
- Search for Information Effectively
- Tutorials
Searching Effectively Using AND, OR, NOT (Colorado State Univ.)- Searching Effectively Using Truncation (Colorado State Univ.)
- Advanced Boolean Searching (Colorado State Univ.)
- Handouts and guides
Right Search: AND, OR, NOT, * at a Glance (PDF)- Right Search: Using Parentheses and Quotation Marks at a Glance
- Tips for Online Searching
- Right Terms at a Glance (PDF)
- Find Journals and Articles
- Tutorials
Use Summon, a powerful new search tool (Flash file)- Summon advanced features, tips, and tricks (Flash file)
- How to Find an Electronic Journal
- How to Find Articles
- Handouts and guides
- How to Find Articles
- How to Locate Electronic Article Full Text (UC ArticleLinker Help/FAQ)
- Find Books
- Tutorials
- How to Find a Book
- Mission Possible: Locating a Book in Langsam Library
- Looking for Textbooks?
- Find Resources Placed on Reserve
- Handouts and guides
- How to Find Books
- How call numbers work (PDF)
- Library location codes (PDF)
- Langsam Library call number locator (PDF)
- Search the Web
- Searching with Success! (Vaughan Memorial Library, 10 min)
- Web Search Strategies in Plain English (CommonCraft.com)
- Understand Types of Information Sources
- Tutorials
- How to Identify Academic Journals
How to Find Primary Sources- Research Minutes: How to Identify Scholarly Journal Articles (Cornell Univ., 90 seconds)
- Research Minutes: How to Identify Substantive News Articles (Cornell Univ., 90 seconds)
- Handouts and Guides
- Libraries vs. the Internet (PDF)
- Journals: Popular vs. Scholarly (PDF)
- Use Information Ethically and Legally
- Know When to Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize (an interactive presentation with audio
from the University of Houston-Victoria)
- Plagiarism (fun videos and an interactive quiz-Paul Robeson Library, Rutgers Univ.)
- You Quote It, You Note It! (Vaughan Memorial Library, 10 min)
- Evaluate Information Sources
- Credible Sources Count! (Vaughan Memorial Library, 10 min)
- Handouts and Guides
- Evaluating Information Sources
- Export and Use the Information
- Learn about UC Libraries
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The page was last updated on May 15, 2012