xu.tutor: Identifying Resources

Description: This tutorial will help you choose the most useful resources for your research topic. It will provide descriptions of the different types of resources and criteria for evaluating the information you might find in them.

Content:

1. Types of resources
2. Scholarly vs. popular journals > Definitions
3. Scholarly vs. popular journals > Comparison
4. Scholarly vs. popular journals > When to use
5. Scholarly vs. popular journals > Examples
6. Primary vs. secondary sources > Definitions
7. Primary vs. secondary sources > Examples
8. Databases > Definition
9. Databases > General vs. subject-specific
10. Databases > Bibliographic vs. full-text
11. Finding books, journals, & audiovisuals Xavier owns
12. Using call numbers
13. Locating materials in the library
14. Finding books and audiovisuals in OhioLINK
15. Finding articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers
16. Using the World Wide Web

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