Doing Research at UIC

The following online tutorials are designed by the UIC Library's reference librarians to assist you with your research.

What Research Concepts Do I Need to Be Familiar With?

Doing Research: An Introduction to the Concepts of Online Searching (10 minutes)
This interactive tutorial will introduce you to some basic concepts of doing research online. We recommend that you take this tutorial before you start searching UICCAT or article indexes.

Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals (3 minutes)

How Do I Find Books?

Introduction to UICCAT (4 minutes)
This tutorial will show you how to effectively search UICCAT, the UIC Library's online catalog.
Note: This tutorial contains audio.

How Do I Find Articles?

Accessing Article Indexes (1 minute)
This tutorial will show you how to access article indexes that the library subscribes to.
Note: This tutorial contains audio.

Academic Search Premier (4 minutes)
This tutorial will show you how to effectively search Academic Search Premier to find citations to articles in newspapers, magazine, and journals.
Note: This tutorial contains audio.

How Do I Manage Citations and Format My Bibliography?

Introduction to RefWorks (55 minutes)
This link will allow you to download a video-recording of an online presentation on how to effectively use RefWorks to manage your citations and format your bibliography using such citation styles as MLA and APA.
Note: The audio begins after the first five minutes of the tutorial.