APA Citation (6th ed.): Video and Print Tutorials

• Basics of APA Style Tutorial
- This video tutorial created by APA shows how to apply some basic rules of APA style.

http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm


• APA Citation Lessons
- This website from Nova Southeastern University provides text and video resources to learn how to cite.

http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/lessons/apa/


• Citation Style
- This website from Sonoma State University provides APA examples for online and print sources.

http://libguides.sonoma.edu/content.php?pid=9403&sid=710547

Information Literacy Tutorials (online self-paced)

• OASIS
- This information literacy tutorial from San Francisco State University provides information such as narrowing or broadening your topic, using databases, evaluating sources, etc.

http://oasis.sfsu.edu/chapters/

Other Information Literacy Sources

• Primary vs. Secondary Sources
- This website from Princeton University discusses the difference between primary and secondary sources and provides examples.

http://www.princeton.edu/~refdesk/primary2.html

This website from Bergen Community College provides the definition and some examples of primary and secondary sources.

http://www.bergen.edu/pages/2443.asp


• Plagiarism
- This website from Indiana University will help you understand and avoid plagiarism. It includes a publicly available test for non-Indiana University students.

https://www.indiana.edu/~istd


• Literature Review
- This website from University of North Carolina discusses how to write a literature review.

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature_reveiw.html


• Locating Material on the Library Shelves


http://www.usg.edu/galileo/skills/unit03/libraries03_04.phtml

Video Tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4djuA5ZfOWE


• Magazines vs. Journals
- This website from University of Illinois presents a chart of the differences between magazines and journals.

http://www.library.illinois.edu/ugl/howdoi/pertype.html



This website from Washington University provides a chart comparing the difference between a magazine and a journal.

http://library.wustl.edu/research/usered/scholarlypopular.htm

Database Tutorials

• Ebscohost Advanced Searching
- This video clip on YouTube from Ebsco publishing demonstrates how to perform an advanced search.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M48IopABcMQ


• ProQuest
- This video clip posted on YouTube demonstrates how to search Proquest. It provides a keyword search and a publication search.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu1eweLNv_c