Videos & How-Tos
Categories
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- Citing and Writing
- Evaluation
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- Getting Started
- Playlists and Toolkits
- Scholarly Sources
- Search Tips
- Subject Specific
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- Types of Sources
Videos & How-Tos
Short videos and guides that answer frequently asked questions about library research, services and more. The contents of this page is currently under review, and changes to the page will be finalized by the end of 2025.
Articles
 | How to Read a Scholarly Article
Tips on skimming and digesting journal articles. (2:34) |
 | Review Articles: A very brief introduction
What is a review article? How do I find a review article and more. (02:12) |
 | What is it? Why is it important to know about it? (1:56) |
Books
 | How to read those letters and numbers on the spine of a library book. (2:25) |
Citing and Writing
 | What is an annotated bibliography? Why write one? What kinds of sources should you annotate? |
 | Benefits of Using Citation Management Tools
Why should you consider using a Citation Management tool? Learn here! (1:32) |
 | Are you a graduate student? Need to do a literature review? Here is how to get started. (3:45) |
| Literature Reviews, Introduction to Different Types of
An explanation of some of the more common types of literature reviews |
 | What is Paraphrasing? It is not a phrase with a parachute! How can you use the ideas in books or articles without plagiarizing? |
| What plagiarism is and how to avoid it. |
Evaluation
 | Criteria to help you critically evaluate sources of information and ensure that you're only using quality sources of information. (2:16) |
 | How to Conduct a Systematic Review
This tutorial introduces systematic reviews and explains the steps to a systematic review |
 | This interactive module will show you how to use your RADAR to evaluate information! |
Getting Started
| Have an assignment due? Don't know where to begin? Use this toolkit on how to get started and complete your assignment. |
Playlists and Toolkits
 | Music information literacy instructional videos
Some helpful videos for finding music collections online and in the library catalogue. |
| Have an assignment due? Don't know where to begin? Use this toolkit on how to get started and complete your assignment. |
Scholarly Sources
| This interactive module will show you how to use your RADAR to evaluate information! |
| What is it? Why is it important to know about it? (1:56) |
Search Tips
| Plan your search with a visual representation of your search terms. |
 | Developing a Research Question
Explains why phrasing your research topic as a question can help you focus your research and find relevant information (2:57) |
 | Tips on brainstorming for additional search terms to help you get the best results (2:57) |
| How do you keep track of your searches effectively, and save time. |
 | How to find the best database for a topic (3:24) |
 | Putting Together your Search Terms
Tips on creating effective search strategies. (1:35) |
 | Refining your Search with Fields
Tips & tricks for narrowing down your search results. (1:22) |
 | Helpful search tips to use when you can't find any sources on your topic. (1:45) |
 | Searching with Boolean Operators
Learn how to create a effective search strategy using the Boolean operators, "AND" and "OR". (3:43) |
 | What they are and how they can help you find sources. (4:26) |
 | The all-in-one approach vs. the search-history approach. (2:12) |
Subject Specific
 | What’s the difference between Google and Google Scholar? Learn how both can help you meet your research needs. |
| Music information literacy instructional videos
Some helpful videos for finding music collections online and in the library catalogue. |
 | Types of information sources for Science, Medicine & Engineering
Where to look for different types of information. (1:59) |
Types of Sources
 | What it is, how to find it, and how it might help your research. (2:39) |
| This interactive module will show you how to use your RADAR to evaluate information! |
 | What they are and how they can help you find more sources to support your research. (0:58) |
| Review Articles: A very brief introduction
What is a review article? How do I find a review article and more. (02:12) |
| Types of information sources for Science, Medicine & Engineering
Where to look for different types of information. (1:59) |
