Toolkit One Perfect Source? Helps students think about how to refine a topic when they can't find any information on it. Highlights the idea that it may be impossible to find an all-in-one source that addresses a topic perfectly and the need to find a different approach. Resource Type: Video Categories: Getting started
Toolkit Peer Review in 3 Minutes How do articles get peer reviewed? What role does peer review play in scholarly research and publication? This video will explain. Resource Type: Video Categories: Finding
Toolkit Picking Your Topic IS Research! Discusses the idea of adjusting a research topic as an integral part of the research process. Resource Type: Video Categories: Getting started
Toolkit Primary vs. Secondary Sources This video discusses the difference between primary and secondary sources with examples from the Minnesota Historical Society's collections. Resource Type: Video Categories: Getting started
Toolkit Reading a Search Results Page from a Library Database Library databases are great places to find published articles, but the results pages can be confusing. This video gives some tips about how to find useful results. NOTE: This video is available in Spanish. See "Cómo leer una página de resultados de búsqueda de una base de datos de la biblioteca" below. Resource Type: Video Categories: Evaluating Finding