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Forsyth Library Tutorials

Use these videos, tutorials, and other tools to learn about Forsyth Library, how to use Forsyth Library's resources and services, and tips for research, writing, and citing.

Using the Library

Using the Library Tutorials (Chinese/English)

Your Library Account 

This Chinese/English bilingual video helps students learn how to use FHSU Library:

  • How to activate your TigerNetID
  • Logging into your library account to access library resources
  • How to use the search everything tool
  • How to use library research databases recommended for Sias and SNU
Bilingual Tutorial English Chinese about Your Library Account and Using the Library

Searching Library Resources / 对图书馆目录进行基本搜索

This Chinese/English bilingual video helps students learn how to search for resources from search.library.fhsu.edu:

  • How to search for scholarly articles in the library catalog
  • How to apply filters to only see results that can be accessed electronically from anywhere in the world
  • How to see more detailed information about the article
  • How to view an article electronically

bilingual tutorial about searching the library catalog with mandarin voice over and text

How to Find Full-Text Peer Reviewed Articles Using the Library Catalog

This Chinese/English bilingual video helps students learn how to search for resources from search.library.fhsu.edu:

  • What is peer review?
  • What is full-text?
  • How to search for full-text scholarly articles in the library catalog
  • How to apply filters to only see results that can be accessed electronically from anywhere in the world
  • How to view an article electronically
bilingual tutorial video about how to find full-text peer reviewed articles using the FHSU library catalog

How to Find Full-Text Peer Reviewed Articles Using Research Databases  

This Chinese/English bilingual video helps students learn how to search for resources from FHSU Library's Research Databases:

  • What is full text?
  • What is peer review?
  • How to access research databases at FHSU Library
  • How to search full text peer reviewed articles using research databases
Bilingual Tutorial English Chinese about How to Find Peer Review Full Text Articles Using Research Databases

Reading Research Articles / 阅读学术文章

This Chinese/English bilingual video helps students learn about how to reach scholarly articles:

  • Parts and written order of a scholarly article: abstract, intro, methods, results, discussion, conclusion
  • Suggested reading order
reading research articles tutorial with mandarin subtitles

Can't Find It?

Can't Find What You're Looking For? (Chinese/English)

Interlibrary Loan / 馆际互借

This Chinese/English bilingual video helps students learn about the interlibrary loan service at Forsyth Library:

  • How to create an interlibrary loan account
  • How to request an article or book chapter to be electronically delivered
interlibrary loan tutorial video with mandarin subtitles

How to Contact a Librarian 

This Chinese/English bilingual video helps students learn how to contact a librarian at FHSU Library:

  • Librarians are available to help
  • How to use the contact form on the Chinese/English Library Guide
  • How to request an article or book chapter to be electronically delivered
Bilingual Tutorial English Chinese about How to Contact a Librarian

Avoiding Plagiarism

Plagiarism Tutorials (Chinese/English)

Plagiarism: In-Text and Full Text Citations  

This Chinese/English bilingual video helps students learn about plagiarism and ways to avoid it:

  • When to cite sources
  • How to use in-text citations
  • APA in-text citation components
  • Example of parenthetical in-text citation
  • Example of narrative in-text citation (author, date)
  • Example of full citation
Bilingual Tutorial English Chinese about Plagiarism and how to use intext and full text citations

Plagiarism: Avoiding Ghost Writers 

This Chinese/English bilingual video helps students learn about plagiarism and reasons to avoid using ghost writers:

  • Do your own work
  • Do not use ghost writers or pay someone to write a paper for you
  • Do not use artificial intelligence (AI) for writing papers
  • Do not use automated translation tools to write papers
Avoiding Ghost Writers

Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing 

This Chinese/English bilingual video helps students learn techniques to incorporate expert information into their writing:

  • How to quote a source
  • How to paraphrase a source
  • How to summarize a source

Bilingual Tutorial English Chinese about Quoting Paraphrasing Summarizing

How to Paraphrase / 改写 

This Chinese/English bilingual video discusses paraphrasing:

  • What is paraphrasing?
  • What does a good paraphrase include?
  • Strategies for paraphrasing
bilingual english chinese tutorial about how to paraphrase

How to Summarize

This Chinese/English bilingual video discusses summarizing:

  • What is a summary?
  • What does a good summary include?
  • Strategies for summarizing
bilingual video tutorial about how to summarize

APA Citation Games

APA Citation Games (Chinese/English)

Chinese/English APA Citation Game: Reference List

This Chinese/English bilingual interactive tutorial is designed to help students write APA citations for journal articles, e-books, book chapters, news articles, and encyclopedia articles.

  • Instructions are provided in English and Mandarin.
  • The tutorial generates a certificate of completion indicating how many questions the students answered correctly; the certificate can be printed, emailed, or saved as a PDF for proof of completion and for easy grading.
  • To learn more about APA citation style, visit the Citation and Documentation Styles Guide

bilingual APA citation game for reference list

Chinese/English APA Citation Game: In-Text Citations

This Chinese/English bilingual interactive tutorial is designed to help students write in-text citations in APA style, including works by multiple authors, no date, organization authors, multiple articles, and more.

  • Instructions are provided in English and Mandarin.
  • The tutorial generates a certificate of completion indicating how many questions the students answered correctly; the certificate can be printed, emailed, or saved as a PDF for proof of completion and for easy grading.
  • To learn more about APA citation style, visit the Citation and Documentation Styles Guide

bilingual APA citation game for in-text citations