Finding and Evaluating Sources
These guides, videos, and class activities help with navigating library databases, evaluating sources, skimming articles, and creating an annotated bibliography.
Finding Articles
- How-to Guide: ProQuest One AcademicStep-by-step guide to using ProQuest's AI-enhanced multidisciplinary database.
- Narrowing or Broadening Your Search How to use keywords, limiters, and boolean operators to narrow or broaden your database search.
- How-to Guide & Video: Finding Full-Text via Article-LinkerArticle Linker tool helps connect you to the full-text available through USU subscriptions.
- How-to Guide: Requesting Materials through Interlibrary LoanUSU Libraries can borrow items we do not have access to from a partner institution. Includes both shipping physical items or providing e-book or PDF access.
- How-to Guide: Finding Related Sources This guide will walk you through how to find sources related to your topic and the research you are doing.
Finding Peer Reviewed Sources
- How-to Guide & Video: Connect Google Scholar to USU Libraries1 min video and step-by step instructions. Save time by getting links to USU subscriptions within Google Scholar search results.
Finding Newspapers
- How-to Guide: New York Times USU AccessUSU students and employees can set up free access to the NYT.
Finding Books & Other Media
- How-to Guide: Finding Books & MediaSearching the USU Libraries catalog for books, e-books, music, videos, etc.
- How-to Guide: Finding a Book on the ShelfUSU Libraries organizes books by their Library of Congress call number. Learn how to read these complex call numbers and locate a book in USU Libraries.
- Finding Specific Journals This guide will help you find journals by title - either in print or online.
Finding Primary Sources
- Finding Primary Sources This guide provides tips for finding primary sources.
- Video: What is a Primary Source?4 min video from North Carolina State University helps explain the complexity of what a "primary" source.
- How-to Guide: Government Information Quick LinksLearn tips for finding government Information such as census data, reports, Senate or House Committee hearings, bills, which may be useful as primary source material.
Evaluating Sources
- Lesson Plan: How To Skim a News ArticleUsing an online NYT article about DACA and Dreamers, students are guided in the practice of skimming by scanning headlines, captions, first and last sentences of paragraphs in order to find main ideas & begin to evaluate a source.
- How-to Guide: Evaluating Sources Steps to determine the credibility and relevancy of sources.
- Reading Research Articles Tips to efficiently navigating academic research articles.
- How-to Guide: Creating an Annotated BibliographyStep by step process with screenshots showing each part (and its purpose) of an annotated bibliography.
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