Library Instruction class on how to find information for an Environmental Sciences project on watershed assessment.

1. Environment & Human Life ES/RP 101 Library Instruction

4. Where to Search

14. Where to Find Articles In Library Lingo a database is an online index of electronic journal articles from a number of different journals. Sometimes the full-text article is available and sometimes it isn’t. The WSU Libraries Articles, Indexes, and E-Journals librarians have created lists of databases arranged by subject. With Quick Search you can do a quick keyword search in a select group of subject lists With Cross Search you can search multiple subject lists at once.

22. How to Search

30. How to Evaluate

37. The Research Process: A Map

38. Do you have a research project? No! Check your syllabus or talk to your instructor. Yes! Do you have a subject/ topic for your research project? Do you understand what the assignment requirements are? Yes! Take your subject and create your research statement/ question No! Check your syllabus or talk to your instructor. Perform background research Identify key concepts from your research statement/question Use these concepts to create lists of keywords. Use these keywords to search Books: Griffin Catalogue Articles: Library Databases Web

39. Evaluate your search results. Do Your sources support your research statement or answer your research question? No! Start the process over. Yes! Now you can start taking notes on your research and work on an outline for your paper. Take your subject and refine your research statement/ question Perform background research Identify key concepts from your research statement/question Use these concepts to create lists of keywords. Use these keywords to search Griffin Catalogue for Books, Library Database for Articles, and the Web

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