Learn on Your Own
Want more help? Our expert staff are able to provide assistance through our Ask Us services and individual research consultations. We also provide in person and online instruction on many
topics through our workshops program.
More in depth information on certain topics and resource formats can be found in our research guides, and course specific recommendations through our course guides.
Choosing a Research Topic
One Perfect Source? (2:08)
Understanding Scholarly Articles
From Idea to Library (2:28)
Smarter Than the Filter (3:30)
Searching Google Scholar (3:11)
Peer Review in Three Minutes (3:15)
Getting to Article Databases (3:06)
Getting Articles with Summon (3:04)
Finding Sources
Discovering Books (3:01)
Getting Books (3:41)
Searching Google Scholar (3:11)
Getting to Article Databases (3:06)
Getting Articles with Summon (3:04)
What is a Primary Source? (4:14)
Smarter Than the Filter (3:30)
From Idea to Library (2:28)
One Perfect Source? (2:08)
