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Learn to use the TCU Library online with

Searchpath 2009 will show you...

1. How to find and evaluate information sources.
2. How to choose a topic and how to find sources and info for that topic.
3. How to search the TCU Library catalog.
4. How to find articles in our online databases, how to pick the right database, and how to distinguish between popular and scholarly (or peer-reviewed) journals.
5. How to better search the Web, and how to evaluate information found on the Web.
6. How to cite your sources, including copyright information and how to avoid plagiarism.

More Online Library Tutorials

• Using Print Indexes To Find Articles (PowerPoint slideshow)
• Periodicals Explained - Scholarly, Peer Reviewed or Not?
• Research Sources Explained - Primary, Secondary or Tertiary?
• RefWorks login page
• RefWorks Online Tutorial
• RefWorks printable Quickstart Guide

• Request a Library Orientation Session for your class.
• Tips! How to prepare your class for the Library
• Library Instruction Policy & What is Information Literacy?
• TCU Library Reference Staff
• Faculty Handbook & Graduate Student Fact Sheet

Quick guides:

• Citation Style Basics Citation help: TCU Center for Writing
• One page printable citation style guides from EasyBib.com (APA, MLA, Chicago)
• Subject Research Guides
• TCU Online Databases
• Using the Public Web
• Best of the Web
• Lost in the library? Library Maps

Reviewed by Laura Steinbach -  Orientation Librarian
11/09/2009