Research Tips

a place to share strategies for doing library research

Writing 121 - Vance

You have five minutes to post one tip for other writing 121 students about doing library research. Explain your tip as if you were talking to another student and you would like them to be able to use this idea right away. For example, don’t just write “subject searching is helpful” but explain why it can help you find relevant articles.

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Writing 121 - Kelly

You have five minutes to post one tip for other writing 121 students about doing library research. Explain your tip as if you were ... read on

Plagiarism Scenarios

Read through these scenarios and decide which ones you think are plagiarism. read on

Plagiarism Court

Take a quiz to test what you know about plagiarism. read on

Writing 121 - Courant Rife

You have five minutes to post one tip for other writing 121 students about doing library research. Explain your tip as if you were talking ... read on

Keyword Brainstorming

Use this Synonym Generator to help you learn how to brainstorm broader and narrower words related to the ideas in your research question. Generating keywords before ... read on

Writing 121 - Lawrence

Click on the Comments link below to post one tip for other Writing 121 students about doing library research. Note: You don't have to use your ... read on

Yahoo Battle!

Boolean Operators - AND vs. OR Which search will find more articles? a. cheating AND college students b. cheating OR college students Test your hypothesis in Yahoo Battle! read on

Writing 127 - Murphy

Click on the Comments link below to post one tip for other students about doing research. Note: You don't have to use your name, you can ... read on

Plagiarism & Academic Integrity

Watch these scenes between students and decide what you would do to avoid plagiarism in these situations.  This tutorial was created by Rutger's University Libraries. read on
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