With the current variety course delivery methods, the Zondervan Library is committed to supporting students and faculty both in-person and online. This page provides videos that cover some of the basic research strategies, tools, and information needed to get started with 100-200 level course research.
Welcome!
Your Taylor University Librarians are working full-time to be of assistance to you during this challenging time. It is our hope, through the following tutorials, to provide you with the same information virtually which you would receive in a face-to-face library research session.
Good luck with your research!
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It is very difficult to write about a topic you know little to nothing about. This tutorial focuses on background research or what is sometimes known as "pre-research." Background research allows you to explore your general area of interest so you can begin to form a more focused research topic.
While you can type just about anything into Google and get back some sort of response, research databases can take a bit more skill. This is because databases give you considerably more control, helping you not only to just find information, but also to find the best and most relevant information. This tutorial will help you break a topic sentence down into usable keywords.
This tutorial will show you how to access the tools offered by the Zondervan Library from one convenient location.
This tutorial discusses the concepts of scholarly databases, journals, and articles, distinguishing between full-text and citation only databases. The dissemination and publication of scholarship is also addressed.
This tutorial introduces the nuts and bolts of database searching using Academic Search Premier, a database which searches most subject areas and provides a substantial number of full-text articles. The skills demonstrated in this tutorial are also generally transferable to our other scholarly databases.
This tutorial employs a memorable acronym to present useful criteria for evaluating the timeliness, accuracy, reasonableness, and support provided by a particular article.
This tutorial addresses how to take an article citation from a works cited list or an external tool such as Google Scholar and find the desired article within our scholarly databases.
This tutorial explains Interlibrary Loan (ILL), which allows you to borrow articles and books from other libraries around the world at no cost to you.
Recently, we have added a growing list of entries to our FAQ guide, if you need help or guidance outside of our hours.
Please visit the LibAnswers - FAQ page. We hope to add more entries daily!