Learn basic library research skills in a graphic novel format. Includes plagiarism, search strategies, citation help and more. From Weber University's HeLIOS project.
Shows how to use the References tab in Microsoft Word to input citation information, insert references in your paper, and create a works cited page as you go. Covers all citation styles.
Zotero is a free resource management tool that helps you format citations, insert citations in a paper, keep track of your resources, and
share resources with group members.
Additional Tip: You can easily alphabetize your works cited by highlighting all your citations, then clicking on the A-> Z icon on the home tab. You will need to manually move citations that start with A, An, and The to their correct locations in the list, as these words are ignored at the start of a citation.
Learn about evaluating websites for bias, author's credentials, currency, and source of information. (From Hartness Library at Community College of Vermont and Vermont Technical College)
Includes these videos:
Research Databases introduction
Search tips
Primary and Secondary Sources in Literature
Discover Search for Literature
Discover Ebooks
For Students series articles in GVRL
JSTOR
Literary Reference Center
How to create a Research Plan
A series of videos with tips for researching literature topics and demonstrations of several databases. Be sure you use the GSU Library site instead of GPC.
A great place to start your research, articles in Gale's For Students series give you author information, a summary and explanation of the literary work, suggested themes, historical context and criticism.
YouTube
Learn to navigate e-books. This video starts where "Discover articles..." left off, so it assumes you've already located the e-book in Discover or GIL-Find.
