Getting Started
Use these handouts to get started with your research project.
- Rules of Thumb for Library Research
- The Research Process A guide to the five steps of the research process.
Database Guides and Handouts
These handouts focus on specific databases.
- Congressional Universe
- InfoTrac OneFile
- Lexis-Nexis: Finding Legal Information
- Lexis-Nexis: Finding News
- Statistical Universe
- General Databases
- Full-text Databases
- Using Google Scholar
- Understanding Search Results in Databases
- Basic First Search
Video Tutorials
Need a quick refresher? Check out these videos that address frequently asked questions.
- Finding an article from a citation (3:30) This tutorial shows how to search for an article from a selected citation.
- Finding videos and DVDs at the Library (0:52) This video shows how to use the NMSU Library catalog to search for videorecordings and DVDs.
- Searching for a book by topic (0:45) This video shows hows to use the NMSU Library Catalog to search for a book on a particular topic.
Web-based Tutorials
- Evaluation Tutorial: (The Good, the Bad & the Ugly) A guide to evaluating web sources
- Plagiarism: What it is and how to avoid it
- Periodical Articles A guide to evaluating, obtaining, and citing periodical articles.
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