The resources linked below are a combination of Library Guides and How-To Videos. Some are related to building your search skills, while other focus on evaluating the sources you located during a search.
Learn how to find a specific journal through the library's website. You can browse a journal for articles on your topic, and search within a specific journal for keywords related to your topic.
This video will help you learn about how to identify a research article, in particular, research in the social sciences, using key section headings of the article. It will also help you to understand how to efficiently read a research article, and finally, how to organize the main points of an article for effective note taking.
This guide is intended to expand literature-searching skills; focusing on how to use articles or researchers you've identified as useful to find additional literature related to your topic.
The following Guide will help you connect Google Scholar with Lavery Library and offer suggestions for smart ways to use Google Scholar for academic research.
