Research Skills
Avoiding Plagiarism
What is Plagiarism?Types of Plagiarism?
Preventing Plagiarism?
What is a Citation?
Citing Sources
Identifying Sources in the Body of your Paper
Quoting Material
Listing References
FAQs: Plagiarism
How to use Turnitin
The Research Process (Courtesy of the Jolly Librarian)
Research Process Step 1: Analyze the AssignmentResearch Process Step 2: Choose a Topic
Research Process Step 3: Finding Sources
Research Process Step 3.5: Getting Organized
Research Process Step 4: Writing the Paper
Research Process Step 5: Editing and Proofreading
The Works Cited Page's Lament
What Makes a Good Source? (Or Why Should I Believe You?)
So you want to know how to...
Use Journal Finder to Locate Journals and DatabasesFind Really Good Websites
Use AGent to Search Multiple Databases
Search Athena for Books from other Tennessee Libraries
Tell the difference between Scholarly and Popular Periodicals
Websites for Learning Research
American University Information Literacy TutorialCLUE: Campus Library User Education
Doing Research: an introduction to the concepts of online searching