Handouts & Online Tutorials

Handouts

• Popular Magazines, Trade Journals, & Scholarly Journals
• The Research Process
• Evaluating Sources

Online Tutorials

• Find Full-Text Electronic Articles
• Distinguish Between Primary and Secondary Sources (Faulkner University)
• SEARCH THE WEB - From the University of South Carolina's Beaufort Library. Covers troubleshooting searches, library gateways, Boolean Logic, Alta Vista, Google, Yahoo.
• Evaluate of Information Sources: Popular vs. Scholarly - From Louisiana State University. Explains how to distinguish scholarly from popular sources.
• Find Information on the Internet From UC Berkeley Library - Browser guides, selecting a topic, recommended search strategy, glossary of internet jargon, powerpoint presentation and handouts.
• Learn the Net - The basics of Internet searching along with more advanced topics such as joining newsgroups, building a Web site, and doing E-business

Electronic Database Tutorials

• JSTOR - JSTOR tutorials for searching, browsing, and MyJSTOR.
• MedlinePlus - Tutorial for using the medical database MedlinePlus.