Improve your research skills
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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
- Research for Persuasive Writing
- Creating a Research Plan
- Framing a Problem
Sources of Information
- Data, Information, and Knowledge
- Source Types
- Primary and Secondary Research
- Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources
- Peer Review
- Types of Sources
- How To Read Scholarly Materials
- Selecting Appropriate Digital Sources
- Searching for Images
Searching for Information
- Searching as Exploration
- Choosing a Database
- Choosing and Using Keywords
- Search Techniques, Part 1
- Search Techniques, Part 2
- Refining Search Results
Evaluating Information
- What is authority?
- Evaluating Sources
- Choosing the Best Web Source
- Understanding Misinformation
- Objectivity in Reporting
- Introduction to Bias
- Types of Bias
- News Reporting vs. Opinion Pieces in Journalism
- Evaluating Digital Sources Using Lateral Reading
- Evaluating Statistics
- Evidence-Based Reasoning
Presenting Research and Data
- Synthesizing Information for Academic Writing
- Annotated Bibliography
- Anatomy of a Research Paper
- Writing Help
- Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Summarizing
- Academic Writing
- Understanding the Communication Need
- Presentation Skills
Information Ethics
Use IUP library tools and specific resources
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- Accessing Your Library Account
- Background Research with Credo Reference
- Book Reviews
- Citation Tools
- Citation Tracking
- Discovery Search for Finding Books and Articles
- Library Databases
- Request Articles using Inter-Library Loan
- Request Books Using PALCI EZBorrow
- Research Guides
- Using EBSCO Databases
- Using ProQuest Databases
Finals Week: The Final Decision
See if you can get that big final project completed in this interactive library challenge.
