Research Help

How-to Guides

Learn to use library systems and resources for research on your own with the following online guides and tutorials.

Research Strategy

	Flow of Information
	How to Narrow or Broaden Your Topic
	Selecting the Right Source
	Scholarly or Popular?
	Research Paper Planner
	Which is Which? What is Where?
	Too Much Too Little

Using Information Effectively

	How to Read a Citation
	Bruin Success with Less Stress (Citing and Documenting Sources)
	How to Cite
	UCLA Academic Integrity (UCLA Dean of Students)
	Avoiding Plagiarism

Library Catalogs and Online Databases;
UCLA Library Catalog

	Find Books (PDF)
	Find It! Books (Tutorial with Video)

Specific Indexes

	Find Articles Using Lexis-Nexis
	Using CSA Research Databases
	Using EBSCO Research Databases
	Using Web of Science Databases

Exercises

	Second Life - Tips for Newbies
	Which is Which? What is Where?

Web Searching

Recommended Search Engines (UC Berkeley)

Web Evaluation

	Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources
	Thinking Critically about Web 2.0 and Beyond
	Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

Web 2.0 Guides

	Thinking Critically about Web 2.0 and Beyond
	Second Life (SL) - Tips for Newbies