Remember that research is not simply about reproducing information, but about creating something new. No one else shares your exact experiences, values, or perspective. Let your uniqueness shine through in the content you create.
This video covers concepts related to searching within academic research databases, using EBSCO's Academic Search Complete and ProQuest Central as examples. Concepts covered are: using the advanced search, limiters, Boolean operators, citing from a database, and more. Concepts related to information literacy and research skills are covered.
The Advanced Writing Tutorial. http://lib.byu.edu/sites/ilearning. After viewing this tutorial, students will increase their ability to select appropriate sources for their research.
This is a great short video that clearly explains the difference between the quality of library databases over search engines for retrieving useful research results.
Often students come to the Gale Family Library to research primary source materials, but find they’re not quite sure what a primary source is. Learn th
tells the reader how you will interpret the significance of the subject matter under discussion.
is a road map for the paper; in other words, it tells the reader what to expect from the rest of the paper.
directly answers the question asked of you. A thesis is an interpretation of a question or subject, not the subject itself. The subject, or topic, of an essay might be World War II or Moby Dick; a thesis must then offer a way to understand the war or the novel.
makes a claim that others might dispute.
is usually a single sentence somewhere in your first paragraph that presents your argument to the reader. The rest of the paper, the body of the essay, gathers and organizes evidence that will persuade the reader of the logic of your interpretation.
This video is to introduce you on how to evaluate websites. We will look at domain endings and the steps to take in order to determine if a website is credible.
This page is filled with great research databases to use with your students. Those databases include: World Book Encyclopedia; Chilton Repair Manuals from 1940-Present; CAMIO, a fine arts image database; Learning Express Library, a learning platform with 300+ practice tests covering ACT, SAT, GED, and more; Mango Languages, a foreign language lesson site covering 60+ languages; and ProQuest, a database that provides the full text (image or text+graphics) from 1,700+ magazines/journals and newspapers for K-12, college, and general users. Please see me in the library for the needed login and password for home use of these databases.
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