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Research 101: Mastering the Library

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Small stack of reading material, including Business Week and the New York Times. Caption. We looked into reference sources.

Aaron and Megan visit a research, or academic, library to demonstrate its unique advantages over online searching. Discusses special collections, accurate and quality information, speed of access, and better technical support (librarians). Shows how to focus the topic, determine information needs, find and retrieve materials, evaluate information, and organize it into a paper. Mentions plagiarism and information literacy.

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Runtime: 23 minutes 13 seconds

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