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Creating a focused research question for your assignment

This interactive tutorial will help students develop a researchable topic. Students will receive a copy of their responses to the tutorial via email once they complete it. To assign students to complete the tutorial, simply share the tutorial link with them and create an assignment dropbox where they can upload a PDF of the email they received.

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Credo Reference (How to search)

Explains how to use Credo Reference, which provides online versions of 800 published reference works, including general and specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias.

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CSE Citation Samples

A guide to citation styles from the CSE (Council of Science Editors).

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Determining the bias and credibility of a website: In class exercise

Assign each small group/row of computers a different website from the list provided, give time to investigate, and then report out to the larger group, having volunteers teach from podium if desired.

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EBSCOhost (How to use)

How to find published newspaper, magazine and scholarly journal articles on a range of topics in EBSCOhost databases.