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Find & Evaluate Information

Are you writing a paper or working on a research assignment?  Check out these handy, one-page library research tips, video demonstrations and interactive tutorials. They will help you develop great strategies for finding, evaluating, and citing appropriate information from the library catalogue, databases, or the internet. 

• Your Information Needs
• Library Resources
• Library Catalogue
• Databases & Article Searching
• Web Searching
• Evaluating Web Resources

Your Information Needs

• Information Literacy Explained (PDF)
• Choosing a Research Topic (PDF)
• Determining the information You Need (PDF)
• Primary & Secondary Information Sources (PDF)

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Library Resources

• Library Resources & the Internet (PDF)
• Periodicals: Journals, Magazines and Newspapers (PDF)
• Popular or Scholarly Resources (PDF)

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Library Catalogue

• Print & Electronic Books (PDF)
• Searching the Library Catalogue (PDF)
• Truncation in the Library Catalogue (PDF)
• Finding Materials in the Library (PDF)
•  Search Types in the Library Catalogue (PDF transcript)
•  Results Page and Catalogue Records in the Library Catalogue (PDF transcript)
•  Searching using Quick Limits in the Library Catalogue (PDF transcript)

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Databases & Article Searching

• Why Use Library Databases? (PDF)
• How to Select an Appropriate Database (PDF)
• Searching Databases (PDF)
• Periodicals: Journals, Magazines and Newspapers (PDF)
• Boolean Operators: And, Not, Or (PDF)
• Persistent URLs (PDF)
• What is a DOI? (PDF)
•  Accessing Library Databases (PDF transcript)
•  Keyword and Phrase Searching in Databases (PDF transcript)
•  Subject Searching in Databases (PDF transcript)
•  Printing, Emailing and Saving Articles in Databases (PDF transcript)
•  Full Text and Find It Icons in Databases (PDF transcript)

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Web Searching

• Search Engines & Search Directories (PDF)
• Web Resources (PDF)

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Evaluating Web Resources

• CRAAP: Evaluation Criteria (PDF) 
• Check Your Knowledge: CRAAP Assignment  (PDF)
• Credible Sources Count! How to Evaluate Websites 

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