Subject Guides and Tutorials
Library staff have prepared a variety of online guides to help you get started with your research, or to learn more about library resources and services at UNB Libraries.
Subject Guides
These subject guides provide research tips and list recommended library resources for most subject areas taught at UNB and STU. Guides for selected special topics are also included. Subject guides include SingleSearch, which allows you to search across several databases at once.
Research Tutorials
UNBLILT (Library Information Literacy Tutorial)
Get up to speed with UNBLILT! UNBLILT is a six-module, interactive online tutorial designed to introduce essential skills for effective library research, with follow-up quizzes to test your knowledge. Modules include: Starting Smart, Choosing a Topic, Using Quest, Finding Articles, Using the Web, and Citing Sources.
Info Search
- Info Search is a step-by-step guide for finding information for a research assignment.
- 7 Steps to Research Success is a one-sheet summary of the Info Search guide (pdf).
- Info Search: Evaluate Your Results is a one-page review of basic points (pdf).
- Searching Databases / Evaluate Your Results is a one-sheet list of tips from Info Search (pdf).
- Take the 60-second Pop Quiz, which addresses common misconceptions (pps) | (html version).
Research Tutorial for Off-Campus Students
A detailed guide to research, aimed at distance education students. Includes a glossary of library jargon.
Citation and Bibliography
Citation Style Examples
- APA: American Psychological Association
- MLA: Modern Languages Association
- Chicago: Chicago Manual of Style
- CSE: Council of Science Editors (pdf)
Bibliographic Software
Plagiarism and Copyright
- Plagiarism: A How NOT To Guide
- A Student's Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism: slide show (pps)| (html version)
- Avoiding Plagiarism - Writing Handbooks and Style Manuals: a bibliography of recommended guides at the library
- You Quote It, You Note It!: An interactive tutorial from Vaughan Memorial Library (Acadia University)
- Copyright FAQs
Resource Guides
Internet Guides
- Introduction to the Internet and Web
- Brief Guide to Internet Sites
- Information Desk Bookmarks: a wide variety of selected sites from the Harriet Irving Library.