Skip to Main Content

Self-Help

Tutorials to help you use the library, do academic level research, and find resources.

Get Started

Quick Tour of the Online Library (video)
Starting a Research Paper
Assignment Calculator
Get help managing your time, and instruction for all the steps in the university-level research process.
Research Skills Tutorial

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

Academic Integrity and Avoiding Plagiarism
Includes a link to an academic integrity quiz.
APA Quick Tips (7th ed)
Quiz yourself on this handout as well! Take a brief quiz.
Evaluate Sources for Credibility
Video (3:14)
Evaluate Sources with Lateral Reading

Evaluate Sources with a Rat TRAP
Quick and easy way to evaluate sources for reliability

Guidelines on how to analyze a social science article (or social science documentary film)