OSU Libraries Research Tutorial

Thursday July 03rd, 2008

From Library Instruction Wiki

Author: Jeanne Davidson

Type of resource: Tutorial

Method of delivery: Web

Intended audience: Students, New library users

Keywords: research process, research tutorial, conversational model

URL: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/instruction/tutorials/

Date added: 7 July 2005

Technology/software used (if known and applicable): html, cgi scripts

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Description

The ultimate goal of research is to find evidence to support your ideas about an issue or problem. Think about research as becoming involved in a conversation. This conversation, however, includes "speakers" that are documents found in books, articles and/or on the World Wide Web. Some of the speakers may be long dead, some are still actively participating and some may not even be alive yet!

The goal of this tutorial is to help you learn more about finding the evidence you need to hold up your end of a "scholarly conversation" in your field. The three sections build upon one another and are presented in the same stages you will encounter as you do research.

The tutorial is presented in three modules: Exploring your topic, Refining your search and Engaging with your sources. Each module has several sections and includes a final quiz.

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