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College-Level Research Tutorial

This tutorial models and and teaches users how to navigate and reflect on the research process.

Using the Tutorial

College-Level Research Tutorial

Purpose:

Each module of this tutorial will help you understand and do the work of college-level research. Through a series of examples, how-to videos, practice activities, and reflection questions, each section of the tutorial supports growth in different stages of curiosity-driven scholarship. Modules are designed to build upon one another, but each module can be used on its own. As a whole, this tutorial is meant to support your growth and development as a college student and engaged global digital citizen.

Knowledge and skills:

The College-level Research tutorial is designed to help you build on the research strategies you already use. These modules are designed to teach you practices and ways of thinking about information that will allow you to:

  • Organize your ideas and plan for college-level research
  • Learn what scholarly sources are and how to recognize them
  • Strategically search for sources in subject databases, and
  • Share your ideas in ways that do not silence or exploit the work of others

Choose a Module:

1: Preparing for Research

2: Understanding Scholarly Sources

3: Choosing and Using Databases

4: Creating and Crediting

New to the Tutorial?

Visit the Instructor Guide to learn how to use the College-level Research Tutorial to support your course goals.