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Starting Smart

  1. Information Overload
  2. Information Sources
  3. Information Cycle
  4. Selecting Sources
  5. Starting at the Library
  6. Starting with the Web
  7. Thinkfast Game
  8. Congratulations: End of "Starting Smart"

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Choosing a Topic

  1. Now, get curious!
  2. Narrowing your Topic
  3. Brainstorming for Keywords
  4. Online Databases
  5. The Magic of Indexing
  6. Keyword Searching
  7. Using Keyword Searching
  8. Congratulations: End of "Choosing a Topic"

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Searching the Library Catalogue

  1. Finding the Library Catalogue
  2. A Note About NEOS
  3. A Book Record
  4. An Electronic Resource Record
  5. Ways to Search
  6. Basic Search by Keyword
  7. Basic Search Strategies
  8. Get Ready to Search
  9. Subject Searching
  10. Where to Find Books and Journals
  11. Understanding Call Numbers
  12. Checking Out a Book
  13. My Account
  14. Congratulations: End of "Using Library Catalogue"

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Searching Article Databases

  1. Why Use an Article Database?
  2. What Will an Article Database Do?
  3. Types of Article Databases
  4. Where do I Find Article Databases?
  5. Off-Campus Access
  6. Get Ready to Search
  7. But I Want the Whole Article!
  8. Using Find It
  9. More About Interlibrary Loan
  10. Skills that Travel
  11. Congratulations: End of "Searching Article Databases"

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Searching the Web

  1. About the Web
  2. Web Domains
  3. To Use or Not to Use?
  4. Locate it on the Web
  5. Subject Directories
  6. Search Engines
  7. Google Scholar
  8. Metasearch Engines
  9. Tips for Better Search Results
  10. Get Ready to Search
  11. Internet Dog
  12. Congratulations: End of "Using the Web"

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Evaluating Sources

  1. The Trouble with Assumptions
  2. Criteria for Evaluating Information
  3. Evaluating Periodicals
  4. Scholarly Articles
  5. What is "Peer Review"?
  6. Evaluating Internet Sources
  7. You Be the Judge!
  8. Congratulations: End of "Evaluating Information"

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Citing Sources

  1. Ideas
  2. Parts of a Citation
  3. Citing Your Sources
  4. Plagiarism
  5. Plagiarism at Red Deer College
  6. Plagiarism? It's Your Call
  7. Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism
  8. Copyright Basics
  9. Congratulations: End of "Citing Sources"

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Appendices

Glossary of Library Lingo
Help Topics
Discover... Credits

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