Quick Tips: 'Quick Tips' Research Booklets

Finding Reputable Resources on the Web

Narrowing Your Topic

Identifying Scholarly Sources 

Searching a Database

Writing a Thesis

How to Read a Research Article

Using Google to Search the Internet

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SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)- Kiyomi Deards
A brief guide to help users navigate SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts).

Open Science- Kiyomi Deards
A guide to freely available science software, data discoverability and preservation resources, and publicly accessible publishing in science.

 Five database searching strategies. Includes information on boolean searching, phrasing  and other simple search techniques.

Five quick tips to help you formulate and refine the research question for your paperDownload

Five quick tips to help you organize  abd prepare to write a literature review.  . 

Five simple ways to differentiate between Peer Reviewed, Scholarly, Trade and Popular Publications. This will help you select a suitable publications for your needs. 

To identify reputable Web resources,  read the book "  Web Literacy for Student  Fact Checkers and Other People Who Care About Facts" by Mike Caulfield.  Learn and practice  the "Four Moves and a Habit" to fact check your web Resources.

Five quick strategies that will help you construct a thesis for your critical analysis paper

Five 'Quick Tips' that will help you read and understand a research article.