Education - LBS 205 (Spring2024)

Outline of the Library Presentation: 

It is highly recommended that you view all the videos below if you are a first time learner to access and research for primary research articles.  However, if you have some experience on the area, you can selectively view the sections/videos below.

Section 1: Things to do before starting your Library research:

1. To learn the difference of Scholarly articles (also called Peer-reviewed) vs. Magazine articles, Click on the Summary: Scholarly articles vs. Magazine articles.

   • Example of a scholarly article.

   • Option: You can choose to view the video: Scholarly articles vs. Magazine articles (Video:7:05 minutes)

2. Topic Analysis: To help you understand your topic and do a more effective search for articles, please follow this video: 

• Topic Analysis example

• Click here to get a copy of the "Topic Analysis" Worksheet (PDF)
• Analyzing the topic before starting research, and Identifying the keyword (Video: 7:02 minutes)

Section 2: Search OneSearch for general articles/books:

• Hands-on following me: University Library (csudh.edu)

• Video: OneSearch tutorial: https://csudh.libwizard.com/onesearch

• Searching for Books/eBooks: http://libguides.csudh.edu/books 

• Hand-on search practices with students.