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Research- Getting Started @ SWEM
Starting Your Research
How To Find
What to do When
Evaluate Resources
Cite Your Sources
Help Yourself
Fill in the Gaps
Starting your Research
Selecting your topic
Finding
background information
Finding
facts
Help in writing a paper
Information Cycle
: a look at how time impacts where you will find information.
Assignment Calculator
: figure out your project timeline
Get a
FAST START
with these resources.
How to Find
Articles in journals
Online Journals
Indexes and databases
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What do they do?
What about
Google?
Journal locations
at Swem
Which
database covers a journal
Books in the library
Books not listed in the catalog
Book locations
and
how to borrow them
Call numbers
Government Information
Primary Sources:
On the Web
Reserve Materials
What to do When
You need
more articles
or
older articles
You need a
journal not listed in the catalog
You're looking for
an article from a specific journal
You only have a
journal abbreviation
You need a
book that is checked out or missing
You can't find
enough books on your topic
You need a book
that we don't have
Evaluate Resources
Understanding the differences between scholarly, popular, and trade publications.
Website Evaluation Rubric (in .pdf format)
Evaluating web resources
Cite Your Sources
How to Avoid Plagiarizing
RefWorks
Guide to Citation Style Guides
Citing Electronic Documentation
APA style
|
MLA style
|
Chicago style
Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Citation Generators (Be sure to compare to the style manual)
Landmarks Citation Machine
NCSU Citation Builder
Help Yourself
Virtual Tour of Swem
Tips on where to start in various subjects >
Use Subject Guides
Websites:
selected sites
for a variety of subjects
Ask Us!
Fill in the Gaps
TILT
: three modules focusing on selecting information sources, searching, and evaluating
Tutorial for Info Power
: check out the quiz, login as a guest
How to do Research