These lessons are designed to support your research projects. Understanding the key concepts in these lessons will enhance your learning and save you time.

• Each one will take you about 20 minutes, perhaps a little longer if English is not your first language.
• Each lesson has a graphic version and a text-only version for those with visual disabilities.
• If you open a graphic lesson and can't see the image, maximize the window.

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Databases

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A good database search is both effective - it finds the kind of material you're looking for - and efficient - it does so without wasting hours of your time looking through thousands of irrelevant items. Learn a few key concepts that will make searching easier.

Evidence

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In your college writing, you will be expected to support your claims with good evidence, evidence based on research. This lesson will help you begin to understand research evidence and recognize its hallmarks.

Citation

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You have your handbook and it's like staring at a brick wall - page after page of examples. What are you supposed to do with it! This lesson breaks the process down into three steps and helps you get to the right page of the handbook every time.

Getting Started with Background Material

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If you know the broad topic you want to write about you can save yourself a lot of time by searching the Gale database for background information. Hundreds of special-subject handbooks, encyclopedias and manuals, all combined into one search, give you articles on historical, legal, social and economic angles. Your outline will be deeper, richer - and done faster! - with Gale Virtual Reference.

Book Catalog

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Learn to find books, e-books and movies that are owned by TC3. If we don’t have what you’re looking for we can usually get it for you, for free, in as little as 3 days. Learn all about it by viewing this tutorial.

Last update: Tuesday, February 28, 2012