"Where do I Start?" Tutorial

Work through this tutorial before coming to the library session. Concentrate on the 'Begin Research,' 'Knowledge Cycle,' and 'Find Articles' sections.

 Write Down Your Research Topic

Come prepared with a topic so you can get started with your research right away! Write it down or use this worksheet to get started: http://bit.ly/co150-research-topic 

• To recognize how & where to get research assistance
• To introduce (or reinforce) the distinctions between popular & scholarly sources
• To be introduced to the library database, Academic Search Premier
• To learn search strategies and techniques
• Generating and discovering new search terms
• Combining search terms with AND, OR, and NOT
• Using truncation *

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