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Tutorials

The Library has created these animated tutorials to help you with your research. Most of the tutorials require free Flash Player software, and will open in a new tab or window. We invite you to suggest ideas for new tutorials.

Tutorials on Research Skills	Tutorials on Specific Resources

Tutorials on Research Skills

Getting Started
	Library Workshop: Research 101 The Research 101 workshop will help you demystify the entire research process, from developing your topic to finding full-text articles online. Work through the entire tutorial at your own pace, or quickly view just the sections you need.


Finding Articles
	Full-text articles via UC-eLinks (4.5 min.) Learn how to find PDFs for articles you want to read.


Online Sources and Peer Review
	Evaluate Scholarly Sources Online (5 min.) Learn how to evaluate peer-reviewed sources that you find online.


Tutorials on Specific Resources

Google Reader
	Using Google Reader (3.5 min.) Learn how to use Google Reader to organize and manage blog and news feeds.


OskiCat Lookup Bookmarklet
	Using it in Firefox (1 min.) This tutorial explains how to use the OskiCat bookmarklet in your Firefox browser.

	Using it in Internet Explorer (1.5 min.) This tutorial explains how to use the OskiCat bookmarklet in Internet Explorer.

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