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John Spellman Library: Citations, Tutorials, Guides

AI ethics

Using AI Ethically in College

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Library Skills 

Audio/video tutorials on Library Skills.

Research Essentials:
  • Authoring Research Questions
  • Effective Search Techniques
  • Finding the Right Sources
  • In-Text Citations
  • Paraphrasing and Summarizing

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Critical Thinking:
  • Ad Hominem Attacks
  • Burden of Proof
  • Causation vs. Correlation
  • Confirmation Bias

 

  • False Equivalencies
  • Lateral Reading
  • Loaded Questions
  • Straw Man Arguements
  • The Power of CMD/CTRL F
  
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Databases 

Audio/Video Database Tutorials
  • Academic OneFile
  • ArtStor
  • Credo Reference
  • CultureGrams
  • Ebsco Databases (such as Academic Search Complete, Business Source, Education Source, Environment Complete, Ethnic Diversity Source, etc.)
  • Literature Resource Center
  • NewsBank
  • PrepStep
  • ProQuest News (U.S. Major Dailies & West Newsstream)
  • ProQuest Databases (such as Research Library, Criminal Justice Periodicals, Nursing & Allied Health Source, etc.)
  • Science Direct
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More Tutorials and Guides

Boolean Operators

         Learn effective searching use Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT.

Citing Sources

Links to different citation style help guides and citation builders.

Getting Started on Research

The John Spellman Library at Grays Harbor College has many resources to help students with their class assignments. This guide should help you get started on finding some of what's available.

Google Research Made Easy

Advanced Searching in Google from the University of California, Berkeley Library.

Keyword Searching

            Generating keywords and search terms. Improve your strategy by using the best possible search terms.

Mind map searching from Credo Reference

"Use our brainstorming tool to find related terms and expand your search." Enter your search terms and the Mind Map will appear along with your results.

Topic Finder from Gale eBooks

Find new topics or keywords and discover new connections found in the top results. This tool takes the titles, subjects, and approximately the first 100 words from a subset of your top results. Keywords shown in the graphics are those found most often in the text with your search term.

Research Guide for the Critical Thinker- from SIRS

A step-by-step guide for structuring your ideas, thesis and sources. Download as a PDF or Word doc.