Library Help for Students: Videos and Tutorials

Improve your research skills

*These videos and tutorials are available only to IUP users.  If accessing from off-campus, simply enter your network username and password when you see the IUP logo.

Getting Started with Research

• Why Information Literacy Matters
• Life in the Information Age
• Research Process
• Developing a Research Focus
• Choosing a topic
• How to Narrow Your Topic
• Beginning Research with Wikipedia/Google
• Background Research Tips
• Thesis Statements
• Scholarship as Conversation

Sources of Information

• Information Has Value
• Data, Information, and Knowledge
• Source Types
• Primary and Secondary Research
• Primary and Secondary Sources
• Peer Review
• Types of Sources
• How To Read Scholarly Materials

Searching for Information

• Searching as Exploration
• Choosing a Database
• Choosing and Using Keywords
• Search Techniques, Part 1 tutorial
• Search Techniques, Part 2 tutorial
• Refining Search Results

Evaluating Information

• What is authority?
• Evaluating Information
• Choosing the Best Web Source
• How to Identify and Debunk Fake News
• Understanding Misinformation
• Objectivity in Reporting
• Introduction to Bias
• Types of Bias

Presenting Research and Data

• Synthesizing Information
• Annotated Bibliography tutorial
• Anatomy of a Research Paper
• Writing Help

Citations and Academic Integrity

• Why Citations Matter
• Citation Styles
• Academic Integrity
• Copyright
• Plagiarism

Use IUP library tools and specific resources

*These videos will open in the IUP Libraries' official YouTube channel.  Subscribe to the channel to get updates when we post new videos.

• Background Research with Credo Reference
• Citation Tools
• Discovery Search for Finding Books and Articles
• Request Articles using Inter-Library Loan
• Stapleton Library Tour