This guide will help you find and evaluate primary resources available on the Internet. This guide was produced by the Reference and Users Association of the American Library Association
Part of your search strategy involves writing down words and phrases that are related to your topic. Think about synonyms - words that are similar or mean about the same. This word game will get you thinking about synonyms!
Boolean Operators
This video provides a basic explanation of how to use Boolean operators in database searching; produced by a librarian at Shurz Library, IU South Bend.
This tutorial will guide you through the research process starting with choosing a topic, finding background material, searching for books, articles and good websites, how to avoid plagiarism and cite your sources.
An animated, interactive tutorial that introduces some basic concepts of online searching developed by Helen Georgas and Annie Armstrong at the Univ. of Illinois at Chicago.
