Tutorials
General Orientations
Introduction to ASU Libraries
Provides an overview of the 8 libraries in the ASU Libraries system, and covers the basics of navigating the Libraries’ website.
Why Use the Library When You Could Use Google?
Explains why the library and its resources are still important in the age of Google.
Basic Library Skills
Getting Started
- Finding Research Topics (2:40) - Quiz
- When Your Professor Says, "You Can't Use The Web!" (2:39) - Quiz
- Using the ASU Libraries Catalog (2:41)
- Locating Books on the Shelf (2:45) - Quiz
- Requesting Books from Any ASU Library (1:58) - Quiz
- Checking Out Books (1:17)
Finding Articles:
- Using Research Databases (4:23) - Quiz
- How to Use Connectors When Searching Databases (5:21)
- Article Types (Popular, News, Trade & Scholarly) (4:33) - Quiz
- Using Academic Search Premier (3:48) - Quiz
- Using Google Scholar @ the ASU Libraries (4:13)
- Using GetIt@ASU For Locating Full Text Articles (2:30) - Quiz
- GetIt@ASU: Finding An Article Online (1:39)
- GetIt@ASU: Finding An Article Held Physically @ ASU (1:24)
- GetIt@ASU: Ordering An Article ASU Does Not Own (2:13)
- Evaluating Resources (4:55) - Quiz
- Keyword Searching (2:09)
Advanced Library Skills
- Primary vs. Secondary Sources
- Empirical/Primary Research Articles
- Peer-Reviewed/Refereed Articles
- Search Strategies
Citing Sources
- Learning Citations
- Cite sources with Refworks
- Create Citations with CheckCite provided by James Madison University Libraries
- Avoiding Plagiarism (Requires Flash) provided by Rutgers Uinversity Libraries
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