Library Tutorials: Library and Research Tutorials

The guide below provides links to printable instructional handouts for using library technology, such as computers and software, printing, and wifi:

Need help?

For do-it-yourself help, watch the OneSearch introduction video:

Explore the videos, tutorials, websites, and documents listed below for do-it-yourself help conducting research, using library resources, and thinking critically about information (some of the videos and tutorials will prompt you to log in with your Pipeline username and password for off campus access).

For a more detailed list of the Luria Library's Research and Information Literacy (RAIL) Videos and Tutorials, arranged by information literacy concept, see the following document, which includes a description and length for each lesson:

Use the library website, know the library materials available, and use OneSearch

Use library technology including computers, printers, and wifi

Understand the elements of the research process

Choose a topic and narrow a topic

Identify keywords based on my topic

Do background research on my topic

Write a research question or thesis statement

Define information literacy and understand why it matters

Distinguish between data, information, and knowledge

Understand different ways information is valued

Distinguish between different types of sources

Distinguish between primary and secondary research

Distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources

Understand peer review

Read scholarly materials

Choose and use the best database for information on my topic

Use a specific database

All EBSCOhost Databases

Most of the Luria Library's databases are on the EBSCOhost platform, including Academic Search Complete, Business Source Premier, CINAHL, Communication and Mass Media Complete, GreenFILE, History Reference Center, Military and Government Collection, PsychARTICLES, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, Science Full Text Select, and many others.

Business Source Premier

CINAHL Plus with Full Text

Communication and Mass Media Complete

(The video below demonstrates accessing the Communication and Mass Media Complete database from the old library website. To access the database from the new website, select the "A-Z Databases" button under the OneSearch search box.)

News Databases

Nexis Uni

Use the best search strategies

Understand and improve my search results

Evaluate sources of information

Choose the best web source

Identify and critique misinformation, disinformation, and fake news.

Recognize bias

Compile information from sources

Understanding the elements of a research paper

Get writing help

Understand academic integrity and how to avoid plagiarism

Understand copyright

Understand when and why to cite

Cite my sources

Understand the scholarly communication process