Research Tutorial for Off Campus Students

Table of Contents

Unit 1 - Introduction

1. Introduction
2. Using UNB Libraries
3. First Things First

Unit 2 - How Do I Know What Kind of Information I Need?

1. Objective and Introduction
2. Reference Sources
3. Books
4. Government Documents
5. Journal Articles
6. Internet Sites
7. Quiz

Unit 3 - My Research Process is a Mess! Is There an Order To All Of This?

1. Objective and Introduction
2. The Big 6 Information Problem-Solving Approach
3. Task Definition
4. Information Seeking Strategies
5. Location and Access
6. Use of Information
7. Synthesis
8. Evaluation
9. Conclusion
10. Quiz

Unit 4 - Using Online and Print Reference Sources

1. Objective and Introduction
2. Popular Reference Sources
3. Conclusion
4. Quiz

Unit 5 - Finding books at UNB Libraries

1. Objective and Introduction
2. Getting to Quest
3. Quest's TOC
4. Quest's Toolbar
5. Quick Searching and Power Searching
6. Find a Book by Author
7. Find a Book by Title
8. Find a Book by Keywords or Subjects
9. Library of Congress Headings
10. How to Find Out if the Library Subscribes to a Particular Journal
11. Power Searching and Other Tricks ...using "or" operator
12. Power Searching and Other Tricks ...using "and" operator
13. Power Searching and Other Tricks ...using "and/or" operator
14. Truncation and Wildcards
15. How to Read a Full Record
16. Conclusion
17. Quiz

Unit 6 - Obtaining books and other material that is not held at UNB Libraries

1. Objective and Introduction
2. Using the WorldCat Database
3. Requesting an Item that is not held at UNB Libraries

Unit 7 - Finding Journal Articles on a Topic

1. Objective and Introduction
2. Kinds of Journal Indexing Database (citation)
3. Kinds of Journal Indexing Database (abstracting)
4. Kinds of Journal Indexing Database (full text)
5. Kinds of Journal Indexing Database (e-journal linking database)
6. Choosing the Right Database
7. Getting to the Databases
8. Six Big Database Searching Tips
9. Understanding Your Search Results
10. Is This Journal Article from a Scholarly or Popular Press?
11. How to Print, Download or Email Records from an Online Database
12. How to Find the Article from a List of Citations
13. A Note About Copyright and Photocopying
14. Quiz

Unit 8 - Finding Material on the Internet at Large

1. Objective and Introduction
2. Finding Information via the Internet
3. How Can You Tell if What You Find on the Internet is Reliable?

Unit 9 - A Glossary of Library Jargon

1. Glossary

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