Videos & Tutorials
Videos & Tutorials
Librarians create videos and tutorials for instructors to integrate into their courses, like those below. Contact Renae Watson, Head of Research Services, to request a customized video or tutorial for your course.
An interactive, accessible overview of the University Library, what it offers to students, and how to get research help.
A quick overview of scholarly information and how it is produced to help students understand the value of library databases.
- Library Research 101 videos [Youtube playlist]
Short videos on: developing good research questions, primary and secondary sources, using other people's ideas, choosing a database, selecting and using keywords, using AND & OR in database searches, and selecting relevant articles.
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Library Research 102 videos [Youtube playlist]
Short videos on primary & secondary sources, literature reviews, evaluating information on the web, tracking down documents, and organizing sources. -
Beginner: Keywords tutorial
An interactive, accessible tutorial on how to select and brainstorm keywords from research questions. Students can earn a certificate if they pass a short quiz. - Beginner: Search Techniques tutorial
An interactive, accessible tutorial on how to use AND & OR to create searches in databases. Students can earn a certificate if they pass a short quiz.
- Advanced: Search Techniques tutorial
An interactive, accessible tutorial on how to use the NOT operator, truncation, phrase searching, and nesting in databases. Students can earn a certificate if they complete all four sections of the tutorial.
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Advanced: Literature Reviews tutorial
An interactive, accessible tutorial introducing literature reviews, including how to find "the literature," and getting started on writing. Students can earn a certificate they complete all four sections of the tutorial. -
Zotero Basics videos [Youtube playlist]
Walkthrough videos on getting started with Zotero, a free citation management software.