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Defining Your Research Topic

• Creating a workable research question
• Choosing successful search terms

• Kinds of information
  • Background vs. in-depth
  • Scholarly vs. popular
  • Primary vs. secondary
• Essential search tools
  • Subject guides
  • LIBROS online catalog
  • Choosing a database
  • How to search within a database
  • Gold Rush
  • When to use the web
• Finding a ...
  • Book
  • Journal article
• Full text online
• Researching from off campus

• Understanding your search results
  • What is a citation?
  • Full text results
• Quantity of results
  • Too many?
  • Too few?
• Quality of results
  • Relevancy
  • Reliability
• Navigating the library
  • Call numbers
  • Floor maps
  • Service desks
  • Checking out resources
• I need it, but the library doesn't have it.

• Skills for writing
• Guides for citing
• Stay legal

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