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Information Competency Video Tutorials
This guide contains instructional videos designed to teach you some essential skills for college-level research.
Introduction
Getting started
Why do you need to cite sources?
Developing a topic
Searching for stuff
What is a library database?
Generating search terms
Popular vs. scholarly sources
Your sources
Using sources in your paper
Voice markers
The Internet in research
Evaluating Internet resources
How to use the CRAAP test to evaluate websites
Using Wikipedia for Academic Research
Power users
A Fair(y) Use Tale
CSM Worldcat
Using Google Scholar
Generating Search Terms
How to figure out good keywords or search terms to use in your search. (3:50)
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