Research Tutorials

Library Online Basic Orientation
Designed to familiarize you with the key processes involved in finding and evaluating information for papers and projects. It contains web pages of information and short videos to help you learn to use to a variety of search tools.
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo/template.php

Basic Information Literacy Tutorial
http://library.ccsu.edu/TILT/

Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web - University of South Carolina
http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/pages/bones/bones.shtml

Boolean Searching on the Internet
http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp

Research 101 - University of Albany
This web site was developed to help students with using library resources.
http://library.albany.edu/usered/tutdex/index.html

Search Google Effectively
http://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation

Search Engine Savvy
* The Five-Step Search Strategy
* Student’s Guide to WWW Research

Understanding the Invisible Web
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet//InvisibleWeb.html

Subject Guides
Information on materials by subject are in Magale Library's reference area, stacks call numbers, and periodicals. Also provided are web sites, electronic journals, electronic texts, and online associations to further research in each area.
http://www.centenary.edu/library/reference/subject