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Basic Library Research Skills
  1. Using the SUU Library
    1. Tour the library
    2. Off-campus access Flash
    3. Library of Congress classification
    4. Library Reserve
    5. Interlibrary Loan
  2. Using the SUU Library Catalog
    1. Basic searching
    2. Limiting searches to collections and types
    3. Reserve Books
    4. My Account
  3. Reference Sources
    1. Library Reference Collection
    2. Reference databases
    3. Internet reference sources
  4. Using the article databases
    1. Full Text Journal Finder
    2. Search basics: statements, keywords, Boolean, truncation
    3. Primary and secondary sources
    4. Basic Research Databases
      1. Academic Search Premier
      2. Oxford Reference Online
      3. ProQuest Newspapers
      4. Opposing Viewpoints
    5. Subject Databases
  5. Evaluating information sources
    1. Evaluating books
    2. Evaluating articles
    3. Evaluting Web sources
  6. Citing your research
    1. MLA Citation Examples (Works Cited)
    2. APA Reference Examples
    3. Additional documentation sources:
      1. Research & Documentation Online (Diana Hacker)
      2. SUU English Department Writing Center Writing Tipsheets
      3. Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
      4. APA (American Psychological Associations Style Tips for Electronic Documents)
      5. ASA (American Sociological Association)
      6. MLA (Modern Language Association)
      7. Chicago Style
      8. Turabian (Ohio State University guide)
  7. Plagiarism and information ethics
    1. Avoiding Plagarism Interactive Tutorial from Longman Publishing
    2. Avoiding Plagiarism tips from Purdue University Online Writing Lab
    3. Tips on how to avoid plagiarism from Turnitin.com
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