Learn How to Research

• Video Tutorials 

• Research Skill Guides

Use these short Video Tutorials to learn research skills:

• Build a Search Strategy for Any Discipline (7:22)
• Find Academic Articles for Research in Any Discipline (17:46)

Use these short Video Tutorials to learn how to:

• Find and Use ebooks at the SVC Library 
• Log in to your library account in OneSearch
• Search for Streaming Videos
• Print in the library
• Search ProQuest Database
• Search Academic Search Complete
• Use CREDO Reference Database
• Search the Research Guides
• Use Google Advanced Search
• Locate permalinks (and embed them in a text)

Use these Video Tutorials for Online CSS Classes:

• Navigating the library website
• How to log in to your library account
• Printing in the library
• Search the Research Guides

Librarian-created Guides to Help with Library Research Skills:

• Video Tutorial: How to Search the Research Guides
• Building a Library Research Strategy 
• Citation Tools 
• Citing Sources 
• Evaluating Web Sites 
• Media Literacy Guide 
• Misinformation Guide
• Plagiarism 
• Identify Sources

Video Tutorials offering tips on using assistance technologies:

• Universal Design Tools 

Video Tutorials for Faculty:

• Search and Embed Streaming Video
• Search Special Collections in the Catalog (New titles, ELA titles, Display, Art Collections, etc.)
• How to use the Subject Finder in the A-Z Databases
• How to use the Journal Finder in OneSearch

Canvas Modules - Library and Research Skills Lessons 

(each takes about 15-20 minutes to complete - note: quizzes do not work in Canvas Commons Preview Mode. Faculty must download modules into Canvas courses for quizzes to work online):

• How to Print in the Library - Learn about SVC's Papercut printing system for students.
• Library Navigation - Learn what the Library has to offer and get a basic tour of the website.
• Library Research Skills Module 1: Introduction to the SVC Library & Research - Learn how the library can help you plan your research project.
• Library Research Skills Module 2: Choosing & Focusing a Topic - Help get your research project off to a good start by brainstorming keywords and staying focused.
• Library Research Skills Module 3: Search Strategies - Learn tips and tricks for effective online searching.
• Library Research Skills Module 4: Choosing & Evaluating Sources - Learn how to separate good sources from the rest.
• Library Research Skills Module 5: Academic Integrity & Avoiding Plagiarism - Learn about SVC's academic integrity expectations and how use sources ethically.

About these modules:

• Please note that these lessons can be downloaded into your Canvas Course Shell (they replace the SKILL Tutorial). 
• Downloading the modules is the only way that the Quizzes will work - the versions linked to on this page are the PreView Mode.
• They are also available by searching "SVC Library Research" via Canvas Commons. Please contact the library at mv.library@skagit.edu for assistance in downloading these modules into your course.