HANDOUTS, TUTORIALS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDES

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LOCATING BOOKS

HANDOUTS

Finding a Call Number in UNA's Collection

Finding U.S. Government Documents in Collier Library PDF

Library of Congress Classification

Subject Searching in UNACAT PDF

Superintendent of Documents Classification  PDF (This is the classification scheme used for the government documents collection.)

UNACAT  PDF

ONLINE TUTORIALS

Searching UNACAT online tutorial on searching the catalog

GUIDES/WEB PAGES

UNACAT Help Contents

CITING SOURCES

HANDOUTS

MLA Citation Guide PDF

APA Citation Guide PDF

GUIDES/WEB PAGES

APA Style (official APA website)

APA Style - A Guide for Writing Research Papers (from Capital Community College)

Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources (from University of Alberta)

Citing Electronic Information in History Papers (from University of Memphis)

Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style (official MLA website)

MLA Style - A Guide Writing Research Papers (from Capital Community College)

Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications (from the University of Memphis)

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC HANDOUTS

ENGLISH/LITERATURE

Selected Information Sources on Eudora Welty PDF

English 111 Library Instruction Review PDF

NURSING

Community Nursing

Internet Sources in Nursing and Allied Health

Nursing and Health Related Databases -- EBSCOhost PDF

GENERAL LIBRARY HANDOUTS

General Information PDF

INTERNET -- SEARCHING

TUTORIALS

Bare Bones 101: A  Very Basic Web Search Tutorial (from the University of South Carolina)

Internet 101 (non-UNA site)

GUIDES/WEB PAGES

Searching the Internet list of online search engines, directories, meta-search engines, and specialty engines

Beginner's Guide to Computer Terms (from UNA Computer Center)

Web Searching, Sleuthing and Sifting (from The Cyberlibrarians' Rest Stop)

Web Teacher both basic and in-depth information about the World Wide Web sponsored by the National Cable Television Association and Tech Corps

INTERNET -- EVALUATING WEB SOURCES

TUTORIALS

Internet Detective    teaches the basics of evaluating Internet resources (non-UNA site)

Internet Navigator a complete course on using the Internet from the University of Utah

GUIDES/WEB PAGES

Evaluating World Wide Web Information (from Queen's University Library)

Teaching Undergrads Web Evaluation (from College & Research Libraries News v. 59, n. 7)

PERIODICALS
(For information on the electronic periodical databases, see Databases above.)

HANDOUTS

Alabama Newspapers in Collier Library

News and Opinion Journals in Collier Library

THE RESEARCH PROCESS

HANDOUTS

Basic Steps in Library Research & Hints for a Successful Research Paper

Evaluating Information Sources

TUTORIALS

Basic Steps in Library Research (PowerPoint used in EN112 Library Orientation sessions)

The Seven Steps of the Research Process (from Cornell University Library)

Writing a Research Paper  (from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab)

TILT - Texas Information Literacy Tutorial -- This tutorial developed for the UT System Institutions provides detailed information on the research process and includes online quizzes to review what you learn.

GUIDES/WEB PAGES

Dr. Mc's Guidelines for Writing Term Papers by Dr. Janet McMullen 

Idea Generator    gives ideas for papers, speeches, etc. in several subject areas (from Old Dominion University Libraries)

SCHOLARLY JOURNALS

HANDOUTS

What is a Scholarly Journal

Visit the Library Instruction Orientation Website

Last update 10/9/06