HE 1100: College Success: Critical Reading and Thinking (Summer 2009)  Tags: human_ecology research_strategies he1100  

10 Steps to Better Research:

10. Find a web site.

 9. Find a better web site.

 8. Find the Library web site.

 7. Find books on our topic.

 6. Find articles on your topic.

 5. Evaluate your information.

 4. Cite your information.

 3. Find yourself in a library.

 2. Find more....

 1. Ask Your Questions.

Interpreting Your Search Results

• How to Interpret Search Results
  (Humboldt State University Library)

   

• Interpreting Citations Tutorial
  (University of Missouri-St. Louis.)
  Introduction to the components of journal citations.

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• Experts -- Search the VIVO database of Cornell faculty and staff
• Course Help
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• Olin Library Stack Guide

Use these Reference databases to find and access articles in a variety of encyclopedias and subject dictionaries:

 A database of full text reference encylopedias and dictionaries for the Arts, Business, History, Law, Medicine, Religion, and Social Sciences.

Oxford Reference Online

 This databases contains over 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works of Oxford University Press. Covers general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professional subjects.

A searchable database of back-of-the-book indexes to subject encyclopedias and other reference works in a wide variety of subject areas. Search the contents of more than 4,500 reference titles.