Library Research Tutorial: Adapted from Canvas Course

Research Tools

Encyclopedias and Reference Resources

Library Catalogs

Databases

Internet Search Engines

Types of Content

• Short biographies
• Summaries of information on specific topics
• Bibliographies: lists of articles and books on specific topics

• Books
• E-books
• Government documents (print and online)
• DVDs and streaming videos
• Audio CDs

• Library Search also finds articles from peer-reviewed and popular magazines

• Articles from peer-reviewed (a.k.a. "scholarly") journals
• Articles from popular magazines and newspapers
• Certain databases provide images, music & videos

• Websites of individuals, businesses, non-profits, and government agencies
• Some freely accessible newspapers, magazines, and peer-reviewed journals
• Video sharing websites
• Images (free and copyrighted)

Online Examples

• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Biography Reference Bank
• Credo Reference
• Gale Virtual Reference Library

• Library Search

• Academic Search Premier
• JSTOR
• Naxos Music Library

• Google
• YouTube