Tutorials & Tipsheets
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How to Do
Research
- For a complete tutorial on how
to do research in Mundt Library Online, use
TILT. Or select and read a specific module in the
tutorial. Written for DSU students, the tutorial explains basic
concepts and provides instructions for using information
services and databases to search for information on the Mundt
Library web site.
Contents of the tutorial are:
Welcome:
Tutorial info and the software requirements
Introduction
to Information Literacy
Module 1: Basic Research
Module 2: Learn the concepts of
searching electronic resources
Module 3: Learn to search
electronic resources
Module 4: Evaluating
information
- To begin searching immediately, use the direct links to information services and
databases found in the "Search Tools"
section on the left side of the
library home page.
- If your questions are still
unanswered,
ask a
librarian for
assistance.
Software
training tutorials
Atomic
Learning is our online resource for software training support! Atomic
Learning’s just-in-time approach to software training focuses on answering the
common questions that come up when learning and using software. Need to know how
to cut and paste in Word? Want to know what is new in Outlook 2003?
Want to learn how to create a web page using Dream Weaver or FrontPage?
How about learning transitions in PowerPoint? Go to the site, type in your
question (or click on a software package and select the needed section), and
watch a narrated movie that shows you step by step how to accomplish the task.
Atomic Learning’s library of short, easy-to-understand tutorial movies provide
help learning some of the software used routinely at DSU.
Instructional Demos
(audio & video)
List of all
instructional demos:
Instructional Demos
Direct links to database demos:
AP Multimedia Archive,
Proquest databases basic search,
Proquest databases advanced search,
Proquest databases manage records,
NetLibrary, and
company and industry searches in Business Source
Premier
Direct links to Interlibrary Loan Request
demos:
ILL requests in South Dakota;
outside South Dakota
Tipsheets
Process
for Solving Information Problems
Evaluating
Information
Online
Search Techniques
- Brief Guide to Search Techniques
-- these search tips
work in most library databases. See "Search Techniques Summary Table"
below for exceptions.
-
Use quotation marks (“ ”) to search for exact phrases (that is, two
words must be side-by-side in the article):
"missouri river"
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To find articles in which the words appear but do not have to be
side-by-side, connect the words with AND:
darwin and evolution
- The asterisk (*) is used for right-hand truncation to get multiple
word endings. For example, to retrieve articles with the words educate, educates, educator, educators, education,
educational, type:
educat*
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Search
Techniques for
Research
Databases -- defines and gives examples of the search
techniques
-
Search
Techniques Summary Table
--
summary table of which techniques are used in each
information service (database) accessible via the
Mundt Library.
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Copyright in Brief -- provides
information about copyright and links to other copyright information
sources.
Practice for Information Literacy
Exam
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