SUNY Empire Library Webpages & Guides: Arts & Art History: Help & Tutorials

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Starting a Research Assignment
Assignment Calculator
Get help managing your time, and instruction for all the steps in the university-level research process.
Research Skills Tutorials

Topic Formation

Brainstorm your Research Topic
Ways to tweak and narrow your topic and create a list of possible search words.
Confirmation Bias and How to Minimize It
Video explaining the universal human mind trap of confirmation bias when seeking information.

Search Strategy

OneSearch Tutorial
Brief video tutorial for using OneSearch.
Tips and Tricks: Phrase Searching
How do I get the full-text for this article (or book)?
How to Request Full-Text Articles using OneSearch
How to request articles, book chapters, or theses and dissertations if not available in full-text in the library.

Cite and Evaluate Sources

How Do Find and Use Scholarly and Peer-Reviewed Sources on My Topic?
Introduction to College Research
Open Access textbook covering many aspects of doing college-level research.
One Perfect Source?
Hint: you usually won't find one. Here are tips to help when that happens.
OneSearch Tutorial
video (3:56)
Primary and Secondary Sources
video (3:52)
Reference Mining
video (3:24). How to use the references in scholarly articles to expand your search and find more relevant sources.
Search Strategies (video)
Tips and Tricks: Phrase Searching