Searchpath, A Library Research Tutorial

This tutorial is made up of six (6) modules that cover basic introductory information for conducting scholarly research. Each instructional module is self-paced and takes about 15 minutes to view. It is best viewed with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

University Instructors - If you would like to assign any of these modules as an instructional component for your class(es), there is a short quiz for each one that can be loaded into your course on Blackboard. Click on the titles below to save a copy of the zip file for each quiz and then import it into Blackboard. If you are interested in this, but would like someone else to put it in Blackboard for you, please contact Rebecca Brantley (ext. 2992) or brantley@latech.edu.

1 - Starting Smart	an overview introducing students to various types of resources.
2 - Choosing a Topic	tips on narrowing a topic and discusses search concepts.
3 - Finding Books	live practice searches in our online Library catalog.
4 - Finding Articles	live practice searching an article database.
5 - Using the Web	comparative evaluation of Web sources.
6 - Citing Sources	touches on the topics of plagiarism and copyright.

Library Orientation  

This tutorial is best viewed with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels.

Education / Psychology Tutorial

This tutorial may be opened in PowerPoint or displayed using the browser plug-in PowerPoint Viewer. To navigate through a presentation, using PowerPoint Viewer, left mouse click.

Government Documents Tutorial

This interactive tutorial is sponsored by the Continuing Education Fund Working Group of the Education Committee of the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table. Designed by Becky Fox, Michigan State University Libraries, Government Documents Library.

Faculty Tutorials

GOBI Tutorial

This tutorial is helpful for instructing faculty members on how to us the GOBI system to send recommendations to their Liaision Librarian.