Research Help and Tutorials: Interactive Learning Tutorials
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Interactive Learning Tools
Do you want more than a how-to video? These interactive learning tutorials provide more opportunity for you to learn the concepts and get feedback on your progress.
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Take a Tour of the Delta Library Homepage!Want to know your way around Delta Library's resources? Take this quick tour of Delta Library's Homepage.
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Sources and Research Strategy activityThis 15-minute activity will introduce source types and a simple research strategy.
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FAKEOUT ActivityThis activity lets you practice using SIFT skills to evaluate web sources and takes about 15 minutes.
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Evaluating Two Websites about Distracted DrivingIs the website you found a good source to use for school? This quick activity will teach you how to tell if a website is one you will want to use for your paper.
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Introduction to CitationsWhat are citations, and why do we need them? How do you find citation information, and what is a citation style? Find the answer to these and other questions in this 20-minute activity.
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Using KeywordsThis 10-minute mini-tutorial covers the basics of using keywords.
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Using OneSearch - Global WarmingLearn the basics of using Delta Library's OneSearch tool to find the resources you need in library databases in about 15 minutes.
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Using OneSearch - Advanced TechniquesLearn advanced search techniques with OneSearch! This tutorial takes about 30 minutes and must be completed in one sitting.
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Credo Reference ActivityThis 10-minute activity will introduce you to Credo Reference. Credo Reference provides access to millions of encyclopedia and other reference articles, as well as links you to other Delta Library databases.