Helpful Tools
Phrase Searching
A search for "lunar eclipses" provides fewer, more targeted results than lunar eclipses, or lunar AND eclipses.
Alexa.com
After viewing this online tutorial, you will be able to use Alexa to help evaluate websites.
How to search the library catalogs
Search Savage Library for local holdings, Marmot Global for holdings of libraries throughout Colorado's Western Slope, and Prospector for holdings of major research libraries in Colorado.
Scholarly Journals vs Popular Magazines
After completing this section, you will understand the differences between scholarly journals and popular magazines. You will also be able to assess the level of scholarly information contained in a journal or journal article.
Pulling Information
Covers email alerts, RSS feeds and TOCs that automatically pull requested information and sends it to the user as soon as it becomes available.
Scholarly Articles Rating Guide
Use this guide to assess the level of scholarly information in a journal or article.
How to Search for Scholarly Journal Articles
After reading this tutorial, you will be able to find several scholarly articles on almost any topic. You will know how to choose relevant databases in your field of study and to use advanced search techniques.
How to search databases effectively when starting with common words
By searching the full-text field using natural language, scholarly terminology can easily be identified. These scholarly terms may then be plugged into the subject or abstract fields and the search re-run. This method normally results in a highly targeted search that returns excellent results.
Constructing a complex search starting with common terminology
After completing this tutorial, you will be able to locate scholarly articles even when you do not know what terminology to use as you begin a search.
