Chambers Library Tour
Information literate individuals "know how to learn because they know how knowledge is organized, how to find information, and how to use information in such a way that others can learn from them."
Final Report of the American Library Association's Presidential Committee on Information Literacy, 1989
Getting Started on Your Research
Information Research: It's more than just compiling sources! By William Badke & Duncan Dixon at Trinity Western University. 
2:30 Developing a Topic 6:45 
Transcript The Information Cycle: What difference does it make which sources I use? 9:00 Transcript
Using Wikipedia for Academic Research 4:00 | Transcript
Evaluating Web Sources: From Vaughan Library about 10 minutes
Peer Review: What are peer reviewed articles? 1:28 | Transcript
Other Good Advice
Ask a librarian or phone 974-2878 with questions during library hours Learn library terms with this glossary Use other libraries: Get an OKShare card and check out items when you visit other Oklahoma academic libraries Take a class: IME 1102: Information Literacy and Library Research is a 2-credit-hour online course in information literacy Find a handout: Learn the basics of APA, MLA and Turabian publishing styles, and other topics Find a tutor: Tutoring Central can point you to free tutoring services and academic support programs on campus Finding Articles and Books
Dialog
Searching with Keywords 2:06 | Transcript
Using Interlibrary Loan 1:17 | Transcript Logging In from Off Campus 1:06 | Transcript
If your UCONNECT user name or PIN doesn't work, call Information Technology at 974-2255 during business hours, or look up your username or password at uconnect.uco.edu.
Central Search: Search many sources at once 1:44 | Transcript
Selecting a Database for Articles 1:57 | Transcript | Full text databases of article literature
Basic Searching for Articles in Academic Search Complete 5:12 | Transcript
Advanced Searching for Articles in Academic Search Complete 6:55 | Transcript
Search the UCO Library Catalog for Books, Media, and More 3:48 | Transcript | Catalog and e-books
Using Google Scholar 7:00 | TranscriptEthical Use of Information
The Perils of Plagiarism 5:13 - Click the "CC" icon on the video for English
"You Quote It, You Note It!" - From Vaughan Memorial Library
APA Style Tutorial 21:21 - From the American Psychological Association
MLA Style Tutorial - Self-paced tutorial from CLIPCitation Generators (Confirm your results with a style guide)
Copyright Compliance at UCO
Copyright Compliance 2:35 | Transcript
Physical Tour of Chambers Library
Introduction: History of UCO Library and an overview of our services 3:35
First Floor: Circulation, Reference, and New Books, and most of our public computers 3:35
Second Floor: African Art, Classroom, Archives, Government Information 3:40
Third Floor: African Art, Books, Group Study Rooms, Children's Collection, Curriculum 3:28
Fourth Floor: Multimedia (music and videos), Print Periodicals 3:30
Subject-specific Tutorials
Economics
Economic Data World Development Indicators 2:17 | Transcript
International Monetary Fund: International Financial Statistics 3:39 | Transcript
Finding Articles for Economics
EconLit 2:20 | Transcript
Other databases for article literature: Business Source Complete | PAIS International
Finding Books and Other Media for Economics
Search the UCO Library Catalog for Books, Media, and More For help with searching the catalog, see the tutorials under "Finding Articles and Books" above.
WorldCat - Materials available from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan
Finding Literature Criticism
Databases for Literature Criticism 1:32 | Transcript
The Gale Literature Products 1:49 | Transcript
Gale Literature Criticism Online (LCO) 5:05 | Transcript
Gale Literature Resources 4:58 | Transcript
JSTOR * 4:20 | Transcript
Introduction to Project Muse * 1:39 | Transcript Browse Books & Journals in Project Muse Search Books & Journals in Project Muse Humanities International Complete ** 4:07 | Transcript
Modern Language Association Bibliography (MLA) ** 6:37 | Transcript
* Multidisciplinary databases
**Also useful for other topics
**Also useful for other topics
Legal Research Tools
Searching Lexis-Nexis Law 4:39 | Transcript
Free Web Resources for Legal Information
For more information, contact:
Deborah Thompson, eLearning Librarian
dthompson@uco.edu or (405) 974-2880
Deborah Thompson, eLearning Librarian
dthompson@uco.edu or (405) 974-2880
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