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First-Year Seminar Tutorials
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Know Your Library Learn how to locate services and collections in Ablah Library, the satellite libraries, and online.
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Define Your Topic Defining your topic and developing a strong research question are the first steps to efficient searching.
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Know Your Sources Learn what types of sources are most relevant for your topic; also see the Types of Sources guide.
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Search Strategically Locate articles and books efficiently in SmartSearch, other article databases, and the library's Online Catalog; also see the How to Find Articles and How to Find Books guides.
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Advanced Search Techniques Search tools in library databases allow for subject heading searches to target articles relevant to your topic, and also make it easy to locate peer-reviewed, scholarly articles and other specific types of sources.
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Evaluate Your Sources Learn how to evaluate the quality of information sources.
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Avoid Plagiarism Plagiarism is one type of academic dishonesty.
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Cite Your Sources APA and MLA style citation tutorials have small activities to help you learn how to cite correctly in these styles; see the Citing Sources guide for additional styles.
