STARS Tutorial
Students Tackle Academic Resources (STARS) Tutorial was designed by LCC librarians to teach students how to locate credible and reliable information. The tutorial should take about two hours to complete.
Finding Information
- How to Find a Topic - Lansing Community College
- How to Search OneSearch - Lansing Community College
- Choosing a Database - Lansing Community College
- Finding an Article in General OneFile - Lansing Community College
- Advanced Database Searching - Lansing Community College
- One Perfect Source? - North Carolina State University
Evaluating Information
- Magazine or Journal? Use Ulrichsweb to Find Out - Lansing Community College
- Identifying and Evaluating Sources - Lansing Community College
- Evaluating Medical Information - Lansing Community College
- Jane Says: CRAAP Test - Parkland College
- Peer Review in 3 Minutes - North Carolina State University
- Anatomy of a Scholarly Journal Article - North Carolina State University
- Information Cycle - University of South Florida Library
Citation and Plagiarism
- MLA Citation - Lansing Community College Library
- Citation: A (Very Brief Introduction) - North Carolina State University
- Plagiarism Tutorials - Indiana University Bloomington
- You Quote It! You Note It! - Acadia University
- Understanding Plagiarism - Butler University
- What is Plagiarism? - Rutgers University
Questions
Ami Ewald
Information Literacy Librarian
ewalda@lcc.edu
(517) 483-5241
Picking Your Topic IS Research
"When you pick your topic, it's not set in stone..." Watch this tutorial created by NCSU Libraries to learn more about finding and tweaking a topic.
Get help finding a topic with databases such as Opposing Viewpoints and GREENR.
Library and Learning Commons
The Library and Learning Commons are located on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor of the Technology and Learning Center (TLC). Students can get tutoring, research, and technology help, use computers and a technology lab, as well as check out books, study rooms, and laptops.

Downtown Campus
Technology & Learning Center (TLC)
400 N. Capitol Ave.
Lansing, MI 48933
Contact the Library
TLC Building - 2nd & 3rd Floor
517-483-1038
library@lcc.edu
Contact the Learning Commons
TLC Building - 1st and 2nd Floor
517-483-1206
learning-commons@lcc.edu