Norma Marion Alloway Library

Building your Research Skills

An introduction to knowledge and skills to help you become a more able researcher.

Make Sense of "Scholarly," "Academic," and "Peer Reviewed"

What is Scholarship? - Longer presentation (Open to full screen to view)

Scholarly vs. Popular Sources (McMaster University). (Open to full screen to view). If video does not run, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv-e9ZvsbOA)

Starting your Research

   

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Develop a Problem Statement - Research Question or Thesis

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Understand Why Academic Databases are Important

Know How to Make Academic Databases Work for You

Go to https://libguides.twu.ca/library_research/all_video_tutorials for many tutorials for most of our databases. All are short (generally 5 minutes or less). Note that the interface for our EBSCO databases will change July 18, 2025. We will try to update tutorials as soon as possible.

Here is a tutorial on the new Library OneSearch:

https://youtu.be/vv3hId0PiB4?si=2He7KAEqRj9LHqTv

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Know How to Evaluate Information

Avoid Plagiarism

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Create Citations without Writing them From Scratch

More About Misinformation / Disinformation

Fake news is about to get much worse. Here's a solution.