CSU Libraries Tutorials & Videos

Getting to Know Morgan Library Playlist - Two videos on Morgan Library's spaces and how to find and check out a book.

Topics included:

• Student vs. Library: Surviving Morgan Library with Elk Bighorn 
  (available with audio description)
• The Astonishing Contest for a Book - Morgan Library edition 
  (available with audio description)

Other Videos:

• CSU Libraries Homepage: Overview
• Off-campus access: Three ways to sign in to CSU Libraries

Library Research 101 Playlist - Video playlist by CSU Libraries. What students need to know to get started with college-level library research.

Topics included:

• Developing good research questions
• Using other people's ideas
• Choosing a database
• Selecting and using keywords
• Using AND & OR in searches
• Selecting relevant articles

Library Research 102 Playlist - Video playlist by CSU Libraries. Learn more about types of sources, tracking down documents, and organizing sources found.

Topics included:

• Primary and secondary sources
• What's a literature review?
• Evaluating information from the web
• Locating documents using citations
• Organizing sources for the writing process

Citing & Organizing Sources Playlist - Video playlist by CSU Libraries. Learn how to organize and cite sources--important steps in the research and writing process.

Topics included:

• Organizing sources for the writing process
• MLA citation style, 9th edition
• APA citation style, 7th edition
• Turabian (Chicago Notes-Bibliography) citation style, 9th edition

Zotero Basics Playlist - Ten videos by CSU Libraries on getting started with Zotero, the free citation management software.
Includes an introduction, how to download, how to gather sources, how to organize and clean sources, how to cite, how to add citation styles, and how to troubleshoot the Microsoft Word plug-in.