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
• Research for Persuasive Writing
• Creating a Research Plan
• Framing a Problem

Sources of Information

• Information Has Value
• Data, Information, and Knowledge
• Source Types
• Primary and Secondary Research
• Primary and Secondary Sources
• 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 Information
• 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

Presenting Research and Data

• Synthesizing Information for Academic Writing
• Annotated Bibliography
• Anatomy of a Research Paper
• Writing Help
• Digital Privacy
• Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Summarizing
• Academic Writing
• Understanding the Communication Need
• Preparing for a Presentation

Citations and Academic Integrity

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

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