Online Tutorials
Video Tutorials | Library Research Skills | Plagiarism | Internet for Research
Video Tutorials
How
to Choose a Database
Looking for articles? Learn how to select the best database for your research
topic from the over 100 databases LCC subscribes to.
How
to Find an Article
Learn how to find an article in General OneFile, a multidisciplinary database
with articles on a wide variety of topics.
Library Research Skills
LINKS: Your Guide to
Finding Information - Lansing Community College Library
LINKS is a self-instructional tutorial designed to teach LCC students basic
library and research skills. It covers the research process from initial topic
selection to citation types and the issue of plagiarism.
Creating a Search Query Exercise - University of Washington
By using refrigerator magnets you will have a chance to organize a complex
search query based on research questions provided. You will also be able to
compare your answer to a suggested search query.
Information Literacy
eManual - University of Winnipeg
The eManual contains text, exercises, quizzes and tutorials designed to help you
become information literate. Topics include research strategies, library
materials, scholarly v popular sources, keyword and subject searching, locating
articles, Internet searching, and evaluating and citing resources.
Learning Objects - Northwest Missouri State University
Learn about narrowing topics, Boolean searching, truncation, brainstorming for
synonyms, constructing a search strategy, and more with these short and
independent tutorials.
Plagiarism
How to Recognize
Plagiarism - Indiana University Bloomington
This tutorial provides good practice for identifying plagiarism. It includes
samples (with feedback) of original expository paragraphs with students'
paraphrasing. Feedback includes the reasons why the students' work is or is not
plagiarism.
You Quote
It! You Note It! - Acadia University
This online tutorial is designed to teach students the differences between
paraphrasing and directly quoting from sources. Additional practice is provided
for knowing when a fact is common knowledge or needs to be cited. The examples
in this tutorial use both MLA and APA documentation style.
Understanding Plagiarism - Butler University
This online tutorial uses paraphrased examples of original text to test
students' understanding of plagiarism. The examples in this tutorial use MLA
documentation style.
Internet for Research
Learn the Net
- LCC Library Internet Bookmarks
Provides a number links to useful web tutorials and resources. Topics include
how to navigate the web, formulate an effective search, and evaluate websites.
Also includes historical information about the Internet, how the Internet works,
and searching technology and politics.
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