Writing Your Paper
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The Art of Topic Development (6 mins.)Learn how to go from a vague idea of what you'd like to research to a strong, specific topic. The health professions database, CINAHL, and the education database, ERIC via EBSCO, are used to provide examples of the process.
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Writing a Literature Review Paper (5 mins.)Learn how to research, structure and write a literature review paper that synthesizes the key theories and results in your field of study.
Avoid Plagiarism
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Plagiarism VideoExplores plagiarism, paraphrasing, and citing sources. Includes a pre-test, graded quiz, and paraphrasing practice exercises.
Searching & Getting Full Text
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Customizing Google Scholar (4 mins.)Learn how to link Google Scholar with SJSU GetText and RefWorks. This will tell you whether an article found on Google Scholar is available through the library's databases.
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PubMed: Using MeSH Terms (5 mins.)Use MeSH terms to search your topic for precise, narrower results.
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Citation LinkerLearn how to use the Citation Linker tool to find an article using just a citation.
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Using GetText (4 mins.)GetText is a program that allows you to find full-text articles even when they're not in the database you're searching. This tutorial provides a brief introduction to using GetText to access the articles you need.
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RefWorks TutorialsThis link takes you to a collection of tutorials created by RefWorks. Unlike the "Using RefWorks" tutorial above, which is specific to SJSU students, these provide short, general introductions to several of RefWorks' functions.
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The Art of Topic DevelopmentThis six minute tutorial shows how to search a hard topic by thinking about it in different ways.
Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan
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Assignment CalculatorDesigned to help you keep your assignment on track, the Assignment Calculator:
* Outlines the process of researching and writing
step by step
* Gives you an action plan with target due dates
* Sends you an email with the dates when each step
should be done
* Helps you finish your assignment on time and on target