ConnectionsResearch guides & tutorials
Basic introductions
Specialized resources
Faculty information
How to Videos Series
Our How to Video Series offers a number of brief, automated demonstrations that illustrate how to use various features of the Library Web site.
Introduction to the Library catalog
- Searching the Library catalog Help with finding library materials.
- Exploring the MOBIUS System Help with finding materials available at Missouri academic libraries.
- Finding videos and other media materials in the Library Catalog Useful search techniques.
Introduction to online databases & finding articles
- Selecting a database: Help with selecting the appropriate database for a given search.
- Searching databases: Using databases to search effectively for articles.
- Using Internet search engines: Help with using directories such as Yahoo! and search engines such as Google
Tutorials on writing research papers/theses
- Finding a topic
- Evaluating Internet information
- Citing online sources (help with listing online sources in your papers)
- Thesis guidelines
- Writing resources (links to great writing how-to sites on the Internet)
Doing research in...
Each module in the "Doing research in" series outlines basic research methods and suggests specific databases and Internet resources to use for research in a subject area.
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