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General Research Skills Overview
Unit 1: The Research Process
- Lesson 1: What is Research?
- Lesson 2: What is the Research Process?
- Lesson 3: The Research Process in Six Steps
- Lesson 4: How Do I Get Started?
Unit 2: Determining Research Needs
- Lesson 1: Assignment Type
- Lesson 2: Amount of Information
- Lesson 3: Publication Date
- Lesson 4: Publication Types
- Lesson 5: Primary & Secondary Sources
- Lesson 6: Format Types
- Lesson 7: Point of View
- Lesson 8: Getting Organized
Unit 3: Defining a Research Topic
- Lesson 1: Select a Topic
- Lesson 2: State your Topic as a Question
- Lesson 3: Identify Key Concepts
- Lesson 4: Identify Synonyms
- Lesson 5: Sources for Topic Ideas
- Lesson 6: Getting Organized
- Lesson 1: Keyword Searching
- Lesson 2: Narrow Your Topic
- Lesson 3: Broaden Your Topic
- Lesson 4: Boolean Searching: AND, OR, and NOT
- Lesson 5: Phrase Searching
- Lesson 6: Truncation
- Lesson 7: Wildcards
- Lesson 8: Subject Headings
- Lesson 9: Spelling, Abbreviations, & Acronyms
Unit 5: Search Tools: The Online Catalog
- Lesson 1: Online Catalog
- Lesson 2: Accessing Edison’s Online Catalog
- Lesson 3: Search by College
- Lesson 4: Search by Campus
- Lesson 5: Search by Format
- Lesson 6: Search by Language
- Lesson 7: Search by Year
- Lesson 8: Search by Author
- Lesson 9: Search by Title
- Lesson 10: Search by Keyword
- Lesson 11: Search by Subject
- Lesson 12: Sample Search: Search Page
- Lesson 13: Sample Search: Results List
- Lesson 14: Sample Search: Bibliographic Record
- Lesson 15: Sample Search: Location and Availability
- Lesson 16: Help
Unit 6: Search Tools: Subscription Databases
- Lesson 1: Subscription Databases
- Lesson 2: Accessing the Databases
- Lesson 3: Choosing a Database
- Lesson 4: Searching the Databases
- Lesson 5: Search Hints: Full Text Articles
- Lesson 6: Search Hints: Peer Reviewed Journals
- Lesson 7: How do I tell if a Journal is Scholarly?
- Lesson 8: Sample Search: Search Page
- Lesson 9: Sample Search: Results List
- Lesson 10: Sample Search: Accessing the Article
- Lesson 11: Search Tips
Unit 7: Evaluating Resources: Reference Resources
- Lesson 1: What & Why
- Lesson 2: Accessing Reference Resources
- Lesson 3: Using Reference Resources
- Lesson 4: Determinig Your Reference Resources
- Lesson 5: Types of Reference Resources
- Lesson 6: Online Reference Resources
Unit 8: Evaluating Resources: Books & Articles
- Lesson 1: Why Evaluate Books & Articles?
- Lesson 2: Authority
- Lesson 3: Year of Publication
- Lesson 4: Purpose
- Lesson 5: Abstract
- Lesson 6: Coverage
- Lesson 7: Publisher
- Lesson 8: Types of Publishers
- Lesson 9: Organization
- Lesson 10: Perspective
- Lesson 11: Sources
- Lesson 12: Reviews
Unit 9: Evaluating Resources: The Internet
- Lesson 1: Why Evaluate Websites?
- Lesson 2: Domain Name
- Lesson 3: Authority
- Lesson 4: Currency
- Lesson 5: Purpose
- Lesson 6: Content
- Lesson 7: Perspective
- Lesson 8: Design
- Lesson 9: Sources
- Lesson 10: Useful Websites
- Lesson 1: Citing: What & Why
- Lesson 2: Citing: When and How
- Lesson 3: Citation Styles & Guides
- Lesson 4: Quoting, Summarizing, & Paraphrasing
- Lesson 5: In-Text Citations
- Lesson 6: Works Cited or Bibliography
- Lesson 7: Citation Tips
- Lesson 8: Avoiding Plagiarism
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