Research Strategy
Flow of Information
How to Narrow or Broaden Your Research Topic
Research Topic Focusing Worksheet
Road to Research
Selecting the Right Source
Scholarly or Popular?
Steps to Writing a Research Paper
Tips & Tricks

Using Information Effectively
Before you begin that paper   (UCLA Dean of Students)
Citing and Documenting Sources (Bruin Success with Less Stress)
How Not to Plagiarize
How to Cite (MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE style guides)
How to Read a Citation
How to Write a Research Paper
Plagiarism
Thesauri & Dictionaries

Library Catalogs & Online Databases
UCLA Library Catalog
Using the Library Catalog
Tutorial with video
Web guide
Printer-friendly guide
Melvyl Catalog
Find Books using Melvyl
Find Periodical Locations using Melvyl
Specific Indexes
Find Useful Articles Using Expanded Academic ASAP
Find Full-text Articles using Lexis-Nexis
Find Education, Sociology & Science Articles using CSA
(Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
Exercises
Which is Which? What is Where?

Web Searching
Quick Questions about Search Engines
Search Strategy Tips
Working with Search Tools

Web Evaluation
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
Thinking Critically about Discipline-based WWW Resources
Thinking Critically about WWW Resources
Thinking Critically About Web 2.0 and Beyond
Web Critical Thinking Exercise