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General Research Guides

Learn how to find materials in the library databases with these general research guides.

Finding Reference Materials

Use this guide to find reference materials in the CREDO Reference, CQ Researcher, Biography in Context, and Britannica Academic databases
Finding eBooks

Use this guide to find electronic books in the Ebook Central, eBook Collection, and Skillsoft books databases. You can access these books from anywhere!
Finding Articles

Use this guide to find magazine, newspaper, and journal articles in the library databases. Includes instructions on how to find scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources.
Finding Media

Use this guide to find videos, audio, and images in the library databases.

Use these guides to help you research topics and complete assignments in your courses.

BUSN 106 - Customer Service
This guide will help you locate books, articles, and videos on customer service topics.
BUSN 115: Crisis Management
This guide will help you search the library for crisis management topics.

COMM 101 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking
This guide will help you search the library for communication and speech topics.

COMM 101: Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Find videos and websites for public speaking including examples of informative and persuasive speeches and help with presentations and outlines.

COMM 102 - Interpersonal Communication
EDUC 101 - Introduction to Teaching
This guide was created for Krystal Madden Bandy's Fall 2019 course. It shows how to find education topics in the library databases.
ENGL 111 - English Composition
This guide will help you search the library for English 111 topics.

ENGL 214: Introduction to Poetry
This guide supports the favorite poem project for Traci Bryan Frey's class. It contains links to electronic books, web resources, audio and video content.

ENGL 215 - Rhetoric & Argument
This guide will help you search the library for English 215 topics.
GENS 279 - General Education Capstone
This is a library research guide for Lanette Gonzalez's Summer 2019 class.
HUMS 102 - Helping Relationship Technique
This guide was used in Mr. Don Spears' Fall 2018 class

IVYT (Student Success) Guide
This guide included library resources, career exploration help, study skills, and math, reading, and writing skills. Everything you need to be college ready!
NRSG 115 - Culture Presentation
This guide provides resources to begin your research on the group cultural project.

PSYC 101 - Introduction to Psychology
This guide will help you search the library for PSYC 101 topics.
PSYC 205 - Abnormal Psychology
This guide will help you search the library for PSYC 205 topics.

Use these guides to help you research topics and complete assignments in a subject.

Business, Logistics and Supply Chain
This guide helps you locate business topics in the library's online databases. Includes resources for these programs: Accounting, Business Administration, Business Operations, Applications, and Technology, Entrepreneurship, Supply Chain Management, Human Resources Certificate, and Insurance Certificate.
Nursing Research
This guide helps you locate nursing topics in the library's online databases.

Agriculture
This guide explores agriculture topics relevant to AGRI 127 - Grain Systems and AGRI 128 - Agricultural Safety.
Early College Guide
This guide has resources for MATH 122, ENRG 100, PPTC 101, INDT 113, ADMF 122, INDT 104 and WELD 100 & 108
The Environment
This guide will help with researching any aspect of the environment. It has books, articles databases, web resources, and career information.
Graphic Novels & Guides
Your resource to the Valparaiso Library’s collection of graphic novels and guides; as well as your source for finding articles, guides, Internet resources, and citing information related to comics and graphic novels.
History Collection & Resources
This is a useful guide in providing links to historical information. Local, state, government, and historical organizations are provided, along with databases for research purposes.

Use these guides to learn how to navigate each database. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the library!

New! CREDO Instruct - Ivy Tech Library Information Literacy tutorials made up of a pre and post test and six modules with quizzes. The topics range from basic research skills, selecting and evaluating resources, and citation skills. This resource will replace IvyTILT.
IvyTilt (Ivy Tech Information Literacy Tutorial) -- Six interactive modules introduce you to the research process at Ivy Tech. This tutorial is being phased out.
Evaluating Web Information - From the University of California - Berkeley Library, this tutorial will help you in evaluating any source.
Google Search Tips - This tutorial will show you how to search Google like a pro!