Tutorials
Use these tutorials as a quick and easy way to learn about general methods and strategies of research, or about a particular resource.
CORE
(Comprehensive Online Research Education)
An interactive tutorial which describes the process of developing an
effective strategy for identifying, locating, and evaluating different
types of
information sources. CORE provides an overall framework
of the research process, focusing on fundamental principles and concepts.
Learn how to develop a research topic, search the Libraries Catalog,
select
the best index database for journal articles, use the web effectively,
and evaluate which sources are best for your research project.
Searching
the Internet
A brief introduction to the Internet and search techniques.
Evaluating Internet Sources & Sites: a tutorial
An
online tutorial geared towards providing a more hands-on approach to the 5 basic elements of evaluation: accuracy, objectivity, authority, currency, and coverage.
How
to Read a Scientific Paper
Explains the elements of a scientific paper and how it
can be useful to your research.
Citation
Management at Purdue (EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager)
General information about bibliographic citation management
software, with step-by-step instructions for importing and exporting
citations
for selected information providers.
CAB
Abstracts Tutorial
A seven-module introduction to using CAB Abstracts, a premier database
to the agricultural and veterinary literature worldwide. Subject coverage
of the database includes agriculture, animal husbandry, animal and plant
breeding, forestry, economics, genetics, leisure/tourism, plant protection,
rural development, and veterinary medicine from 1972 to the present.
Medline Tutorial
An introduction to using Medline.
Choices
3 Tutorial
This tutorial provides an overview and other helpful information
about Choices 3, which is produced by the Simmons Market Research Bureau.
This resource surveys
the buying and media habits of the American public. Using demographic
and psychographic data from a nationwide survey called "National Consumer
Study" (NCS), it
may be used to develop consumer profiles of selected products and brands,
and to detail consumer
media preferences.
EndNote Tutorial Videos
A collection of 12 tutorial videos (WMV format) covering EndNote.
MediaMark Internet Reporter Tutorial
This tutorial provides guidance on using Mediamark Reporter. MediaMark Reporter provides information on demographics, lifestyles, product and brand usage, and advertising media preferences reported by a sample of over 25,000 United States consumers.
