Research Skills Workshop

Basic Techniques

• Finding Books at RU
• Finding Books anywhwere
• Using Databases
  • Searchlight
• Finding Newspaper Articles--Access World News
• Finding "popular press"-- Factiva
• Finding Scholarly Literature
  • Sociology--Sociological Abstracts
  • Public Affairs--PAIS
  • Latin American and Latino Themes-HAPI
  • US History
  • History
  • Specialized databases - Chicano Datbase & Ethnic Newswatch & Public Health (OVID)

Managing Results

• Cut and Paste
• Email
• Refworks

Advanced Tecnhiques

• Boolean operators
• Advanced Database functions
• Understanding domains
• Using Google
• Reference Material

Getting Items in your hands

• Campus Delivery System
• EZ Borrow
• Handling PDF's
• Inter Library Loan
• Rerence Guides
• The Ultimate GURUS: ask a librarian