Tutorials
Doing Research at UIC
Please see the Research Help page.
Look for "Doing Research: An Introduction to the Concepts of Online Searching" in the "General Tutorials" section
of the page.
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.
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