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Keywords for Searching
Searching for articles in scholarly databases is quite different from searching the internet; instead of typing a full question into the search bar, you'll want to learn subject terms related to your topic. The subject terms will become your keywords or the words you'll use to search the databases. This video will explain how to develop an effective list of keywords to find scholarly research articles.
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Getting Articles in Summon
Просмотров 124Год назад
Learn how to use Summon, a multi-disciplinary database, to find and access scholarly and popular articles in the NC State University Libraries collections. This video explains how to use Summon's interface to limit results to peer reviewed journals, to particular subjects and disciplines, and to a set date range.
How to Read a Scholarly Article
Просмотров 8 тыс.2 года назад
Academic research articles can be challenging to read if you're new to the topic or the writing style. In this video three faculty members at NC State University provide advice for improving your reading comprehension with scholarly articles. Takeaway #1: Read the abstract. The abstract is a short summary of the article that can help you decide if this article is suitable for your needs. Abstra...
Boolean Operators
Просмотров 26 тыс.2 года назад
Boolean operators - the words “AND, OR, and NOT” - are tools you can use to narrow or broaden your search results when searching for articles in library databases. The word AND links search terms to make your database search more specific, with fewer results. If you combine your search terms with the Boolean operator AND, you are telling the database to display articles with all your search ter...
Getting Books
Просмотров 1422 года назад
Learn how to get a book you have found in the NC State University Libraries Online Catalog. This video shows you how to use call numbers to find books in the stacks at D. H. Hill Jr. Library, how to request a book from the BookBot at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, or how to access and e-book online. For more information on getting books visit our website: lib.ncsu.edu
Getting to Article Databases
Просмотров 2662 года назад
How to get where you're going when you are interested in researching a specific topic area or searching a specific database. This video can also be viewed on our libraries website:
What is a Primary Source?
Просмотров 4,8 тыс.2 года назад
What exactly does it mean for a source to be primary? And what counts as a primary source? It depends on both the source itself and the context in which it is used. For more help with finding research articles or for more videos visit our website at www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials. This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States license. Credits...
Pre-Research: Strategies to Begin Any Assignment
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.2 года назад
Watch this video to see how you can use the 5 w’s to learn more about your topic and uncover potential research paths.
Smarter than the Filter: Finding the Research Article Among the Imposters
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.2 года назад
If you're looking for scholarly research articles, you may know to select the peer review filter in article databases. But this strategy will still return many types of articles published in peer reviewed journals that are not original research articles. This video identifies an describes the most common of these "imposters, " so you can find the research article you need. For more help with fi...
Evaluating Sources for Credibility
Просмотров 924 тыс.9 лет назад
What does it mean for a source to be credible? Why is it important to use these sources? How can you tell if a source is credible? This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States license.
Tips and Tricks: Phrase Searching
Просмотров 27 тыс.9 лет назад
Learn how to improve the relevance of your search results with phrase searching. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States license. For full license and credits information, visit: www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/phrase-searching/
From Idea to Library
Просмотров 41 тыс.10 лет назад
Where do research articles come from? How do they end up in your search results? This video has the answers. This video is published under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license. License, credits, and contact information can be found here: www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/idea_library/ Feel free to link to / embed our videos!
Citation: A (Very) Brief Introduction
Просмотров 457 тыс.10 лет назад
What is citation? And why do we do it? This video explains. This video is published under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license. License, credits, and contact information can be found here: www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/citation/ Feel free to link to / embed our videos!
One Perfect Source?
Просмотров 111 тыс.10 лет назад
Your topic seemed so great! So why can't you find any information on it? If you're looking for an all-in-one source that addresses your topic perfectly, you might need a different approach. This video is published under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license. License, credits, and contact information can be found here: www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/perfect-source/ Feel free to link to / embed ...
Picking Your Topic IS Research!
Просмотров 710 тыс.10 лет назад
When you pick your topic, it's not set in stone. Picking and adjusting your topic is an integral part of the research process! This video is published under a Creative Commons 3.0 BY-NC-SA US license. License, credits, and contact information can be found here: www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/picking_topic/ Feel free to link to / embed our videos!
Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students (2009)
Просмотров 1,1 млн15 лет назад
Literature Reviews: An Overview for Graduate Students (2009)
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