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Interactive Tutorials

If you are using a dial-up Internet service or your computer has limited memory, you may want to use the text version tutorials.  The text version tutorials can be also be printed for handouts.


Tutorials
Running
Time
Voice
Narration
Certificate of
Completion

CITING SOURCES 
     
Avoiding Plagiarism: A Tutorial for Students
Created by the Center for Academic Development (CAD)
20-30 minutes 
 YES YES
Basic APA Formatting
Created by the Center for Academic Development (CAD)
10-15 minutes
 YES  NO
APA Tutorial
Created by the Center for Academic Development (CAD)
15-20 minutes
 YES  NO
Basic MLA Formatting
Created by the Center for Academic Development (CAD)
  15-20 minutes
 YES  NO
MLA Tutorial
Created by the Center for Academic Development (CAD)
 8-10 minutes
 YES  NO
RefWorks - LibGuide with tutorials and handouts
(Research/Citation Management Tool)

NO
NO

LIBRARY RESOURCES & SERVICES 
     
Tour of NLU Library Website (PPT) - Speakers needed
(To view - click on "Slide Show" then "View Show")
       6 minutes           YES
        NO
Tour of the NLU Library Services (PPT) - Speakers needed
(To view - click on "Slide Show" then "View Show")
       
          YES
        NO
Important Library Links- HANDOUT  
     
Library Services- HANDOUT





NO NO
 
THE RESEARCH PROCESS
     
Information Literacy 3 minutes
YES
YES
Information Literacy - TEXT VERSION
  NO
NO
Organization of Information 12 minutes
YES
YES
Organization of Information - TEXT VERSION
   NO NO
Searching Techniques 8 minutes
YES
YES
Searching Techniques - TEXT VERSION
   NO NO
Evaluating Web Sources 5 minutes
YES
YES
Evaluating Web Sources - TEXT VERSION
  NO
NO

SEARCHING FOR ARTICLES 
     
Searching for Articles: EBSCOHost Databases (PPT)
(To view - click on "Slide Show" then "View Show")
4 minutes
YES
NO
Searching for Information with Hoover's
5 minutes YES NO
Searching for Articles: JSTOR
JSTOR FAQs
- HANDOUT
2 minutes
YES
NO
Searching for Articles: Lexis Nexis
(Tutorials include Overview, Selecting Sources, & Working with Results)
varies NO NO
Searching for Articles: Project Muse - HANDOUT

NO NO
Searching for Articles: ProQuest ABI/Inform Global - HANDOUT

NO NO
Searching for Articles: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses - HANDOUT
NO NO
How to Search for Articles - TEXT VERSION   NO
NO
How to Search for Articles- HANDOUT
 


SEARCHING FOR BOOKS
     
Searching for Books: Title Search 3 minutes
 YES YES
Searching for Books: Author Search 3 minutes
YES
YES
Searching for Books: Keyword Search 4 minutes
YES
YES
Searching for Books: Requesting Books 3 minutes
YES
YES
Searching for Books: I-Share Catalog 3 minutes
YES
YES
Searching for Books: Requesting I-Share Books 5 minutes  YES  YES
Searching for Books: More I-Share Tutorials

 YES  NO
How to Search for Books - TEXT VERSION            NO
        NO
How to Search for Books - HANDOUT








 






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