Library Guides and Information Skills Tutorials
FYS Spring 2012 Library Lab Tutorial
Library Website Overview
Learn about the library website and its main features.
Getting Started with Library Research
Hints for getting started on your library research, including searching for books, articles, websites and evaluating your resources.
Virtual Library Tour
Learn the locations and services of all campus libraries.
Library of Congress Classification
How to read a Library of Congress Call Number.
Academic Search Complete
Learn how to begin your research using a multi-disciplinary online database.
Scholarly Resources Tutorial
This tutorial will help you better understand the nature of scholarly resources.
Watch the full video or view by section below.
- Part 1 - Overview – Why scholarly sources matter and what makes a resource scholarly (2:26)
- Part 2 - Audience – How to determine a scholarly audience (4:33)
- Part 3 - Expertise – How to identify an author’s expertise (6:05)
- Part 4 - Vetting – How to verify that a resource used a scholarly vetting process (4:10)
- Part 5 - Review – How to find and identify scholarly resources (:33)
Journal Locator Tutorial
Learn how to find the journals, magazines, and newspapers to which the libraries subscribe and are accessible through the UR Libraries.