This videocast discusses formatting a paper using Microsoft Word according to APA style. To learn more about APA style, please visit the following resource on the Purdue OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Courtesy of The Writing Lab & the OWL at Purdue and Purdue University
Credo Reference-Find the Right Information
Credo Reference is a unique reference database with tools to enhance and enrich your research experience. With millions of articles from full-text encyclopedias, dictionaries, and reference books, Credo Reference covers all major academic subject areas.
EBSCOHost The Basics (4:07 min) or EBSCOhost-A Powerful Reference System for EBSCO Databases (2:55 min)
Either tutorial explains how to search within EBSCOHost.
This video introduces you to Google Scholar, providing essential information on using it to find scholarly articles and books.
John, Google's Chief of Search and AI, and Akshaya, from Microsoft Bing, explain how search really works. They cover everything from how special programs called "spiders" scan the Internet before you even type in your search terms to what determines which search results show up first. Find out how search algorithms bust spammers, manage location services, and even use machine learning to improve search every year.
This vidcast discusses formatting a paper using Microsoft Word according to MLA style. To learn more about MLA style, please visit the following resource on the Purdue OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Courtesy of The Writing Lab & the OWL at Purdue and Purdue University
NewsBank: Research Local, National, and International News
Learn how to conduct a basic search in your library's NewsBank resource, including Access World News and America's News.
This short tutorial explains the basics of Opposing Viewpoints that present the pros and cons of social issues such as immigration, terrorism, abortion, pornography, the right to privacy, capital punishment, and others.
Courtesy of Bainbridge State College
This video describes the major characteristics of primary and secondary sources and how they can be used in research.
ProQuest (2:11 min) or ProQuest-Connecting You to Information (2:21 min)
These two tutorials introduce the basics of ProQuest.
Search Engine versus Research Database
Kathleen Ennis describes the advantages of using a research database over a broad internet search.
Visible Body is a collection of apps and other helpful resources relating to the life sciences, such as anatomy, physiology, and biology.