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Overview

These brief, video tutorials are designed to help you use the library and enhance your information literacy skills. They are sequenced so that a student wishing to become information fluent may view each video by working through the page, top-to-bottom. Upon clicking on the videos, you may also access the video scripts.

Library Research Basics

Take the Library Research Basics Quiz to test yourself on this entire section.

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Library Services
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Discovering and Locating Sources
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Scholarly, Trade, and Popular Articles
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Selecting & Using Keywords
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Selecting Relevant Articles
 

Starting Your Research

Take the Starting Your Research Quiz to test yourself on this entire section.

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Formulating A Good Research Question
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Concept/Mind Mapping
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Identifying The Types Of Information Needed

Finding Sources

Take the Finding Sources Quiz to test yourself on this entire section.

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Selecting & Using Keywords
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Discovering and Locating Sources
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Locating Documents Using Citations
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Searching Google Effectively
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Interlibrary Loan
 

Evaluating Sources

Take the Evaluating Sources Quiz to test yourself on this entire section.

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Selecting Relevant Articles
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Scholarly, Trade, and Popular Articles
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Primary vs. Secondary Sources
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Evaluating Information From The Web
   

Using Sources Effectively

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Organizing Sources for the Writing Process
   

Using Sources Ethically (Plagiarism)

The information in this section is so important that it has been moved to its own page.

Types of Assignments

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What is a Researched Argument Essay?
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What is an Annotated Bibliography?
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What is a Literature Review?

Additional Resources & Tools

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Google Scholar
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Bibliographic Management Software
(We recommend using Zotero.)
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Assignment Calculator

Research Application in the 21st Century Workplace

Take the 21st Century Workplace Quiz to test yourself on this entire section.

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Finding Information in the Workplace
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Seeking Knowledge from Others in the Workplace
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Searching Google Effectively
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Challenges to using Research as an Individual
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Challenges to using Research as Part of a Group
 

These video tutorials were created using the Pace Academic Development Award by an instructional designer, Joshua Vossler, in partnership with UWF Librarians.

For more information and a variety of ideas about how to incorporate these video tutorials and information literacy into your course, please see our Faculty Guide to Information Literacy Assessment.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Thomas Jonte at tjonte@uwf.edu.