Research Tutorials

In this first installment of the Research 101 series, we discuss what research is, and describe the 3 criteria for developing a research topic into a research question: Specificity, Complexity and Answerability.

In this module we will be discussing how changes in technology have changed the way we record and share information and consider how information can be sorted by source type and intended audience

In this module we will cover the various different tools you can use to find specific types of information and discuss some basic techniques you can use to query a variety of databases, catalogs and repositories.

In Part 4 of our Research 101 Series we'll use the CRAAP test to discuss the criteria for determining whether a source is trustworthy.

In this installment of the Research 101 series, we will discuss plagiarism, why we cite, different citation styles, and how to incorporate outside information into your work.

In this episode we will conclude this series by talking about how the research we do forms a small part in a great conversation between scholars, linking backward for generations.

This brief tutorial will show you how to find books at the Cal Poly Pomona University Library using OneSearch, our library search engine. This tutorial covers searching in OneSearch, refining your search, using the catalog record to find a physical book, and accessing ebooks using OneSearch.

This tutorial will show you how to use OneSearch, the University Library's internal search engine, to search for and access e-books.

This brief tutorial walks you through the process of searching for articles in OneSearch, the Cal Poly Pomona University Library's search engine. The article goes through refining your results and accessing full text of the articles.

A brief tutorial showing you how to access, search and retrieve articles from JSTOR (without getting buried in results).

This tutorial explains how to access, search and retrieve articles from the PsycINFO database.

This brief tutorial will help you access PubMed, query the database for psychology articles and download them.

How to use the Engineering database Compendex to find articles

This tutorial goes over the basics of newspaper research, and outlines things to keep in mind when searching newspapers in any database, such as: When did the event occur? Would the paper in question cover that event? And finally, due to editorial slant, how might the paper in question cover that event?

This brief tutorial will help you access Simply Analytics, create a map and download that map from the database.

This brief video explains what our Interlibrary Loan service is, and demonstrates how to request items via interlibrary loan and access them when they have arrived.

This is a brief overview of our Thesis & Projects and Submission workshops. For more detailed information please visit our in person workshops.

This brief tutorial will show you how to access, search for articles, filter results and retrieve sources using Project Muse, a multi-subject database focused on the Arts and Humanities.

This brief tutorial will show you how to access, search for articles, filter results and retrieve articles from the Education Research Complete Database.

This brief tutorial will show you how to access, search for sources, filter results and retrieve both articles and reports from the ERIC education database.

This tutorial will show you how to use settings in Google Scholar to be able to access materials in our library using this online search tool.

This tutorial covers accessing the MLA International Bibliography database, how to search for articles and how to access articles unavailable in that database.

In this tutorial, we're going to explore how to create a free EBSCOhost account to save your work in any EBSCO database, and how to use that account to save search results so you can access them later.

In this tutorial we will be demonstrating how to use the email function in your EBSCO account folder to create an APA bibliography from your PsycINFO search results.

This tutorial will show you how to search the PhilPapers database for articles and how to download them.

In this tutorial, we're going to explore how to create a free ProQuest account to save your work in any ProQuest database, and how to use that account to save search results so you can access them later.