Tutorials
Use these tutorials as a quick and easy way to learn about general methods and strategies of research, or about a particular resource.
CORE(Comprehensive Online Research Education)
An interactive tutorial which describes the process of developing an effective strategy for identifying, locating, and
evaluating different types of information sources. CORE provides an overall framework of the research process, focusing on
fundamental principles and concepts. Learn how to develop a research topic, search the Libraries Catalog,
select the best index database for journal articles, use the web effectively, and evaluate which sources are best for your research
project.
Evaluating Internet Sources & Sites: a tutorial
An online tutorial geared towards providing a
more hands-on approach to the 5 basic elements of evaluation: accuracy, objectivity, authority, currency, and coverage.
Citation Management at Purdue
(EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager)
General information about bibliographic citation management
software, with step-by-step instructions for importing and exporting
citations
for selected information providers.
Tutorials for Biology Students Searching the Scientific Literature A series of tutorials to help students become better finders and users of information in general, and scientific information in particular. The tutorials use biology examples, like PubMed and Web of Science, and are useful for students of other sciences.
How to Read a Scientific Paper
Explains the elements of a scientific paper and how itcan be useful to your research.
Boolean Operators
Using Boolean operators will help you focus and control the results of your database search. This short tutorial will help you understand the best way to use Boolean operators!
Tutorials for Education Students Searching the Literature
A series of seven interactive tutorials to help COE students at all levels become better finders and users of information
in general, and journal literature in particular. The tutorials provide a framework of the research process by starting
with an explanation of publication cycles – how scholarly information is published – and then provides specific information
on how to use key words and subject headings (descriptors) to do an online search. Although the tutorials use education
examples from ERIC and Education FT, they are useful for students of other social sciences. Total time
to complete all modules is about 1 ½ hours.
Two Minute Tips
Very brief tutorials on specific topics such has how to find full text journal articles or how to search
Tests in Print. Each tutorial is limited to 2-5 minutes and includes an audio track along with the screen
shots. Written for graduate students, but useful to all students and faculty.
