The following tutorials are also featured on the English/Chinese Research Guide and include English and Chinese voiceover and text to introduce library research concepts and tools.
Visit http://search.library.fhsu.edu/ to start searching the Forsyth Library catalog. This URL will skip the image-heavy homepage for quicker loading times and access to the library resources abroad.
Browse the tutorials to learn about Forsyth Library, how to use library resources, research skills, and tips for writing and citing for research papers and projects.
Feel free to incorporate these tutorials and learning objects into your courses and orientations. From the table to the right, click the thumbnail or title to link to the VidGrid video or guide. Use the description to copy/paste the embed code for using it in Blackboard.
If you have questions about using Forsyth Library, Ask a Librarian or email refserv@fhsu.edu.
Searching Library Resources / 对图书馆目录进行基本搜索This bilingual video helps students learn how to search for resources from search.library.fhsu.edu:
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Reading Research Articles / 阅读学术文章This bilingual video helps students learn about how to reach scholarly articles:
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Interlibrary Loan / 馆际互借This bilingual video helps students learn about the interlibrary loan service at Forsyth Library:
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What is "Peer-Review?" / 什么是同行评议?This bilingual video discusses peer-reviewed sources:
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What is Plagiarism? / 什么是抄袭?This bilingual video discusses plagiarism:
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Paraphrasing / 改写This bilingual video discusses paraphrasing:
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Bilingual APA Citation Game: Reference ListThis interactive tutorial is designed to help students write APA citations for journal articles, e-books, book chapters, news articles, and encyclopedia articles.
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Bilingual APA Citation Game: In-Text CitationsThis 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.
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Use the PDF instructions below to add library tutorial playlists (SCORM) or the most popular individual tutorials to your Blackboard Course using the Content Collection > Library Content feature. When you use the Content Collection tutorials, you don't need to find the HTML and embed codes for each video, the SCORM and tutorial files are already stored and easily added into Blackboard. You can set grading options for the tutorials/SCORM which are also outlined in the instructions.
If you're more comfortable using embed codes from YouTube, all of the Forsyth Library Tutorials can also be found in the YouTube Playlists below.
Topic | Tutorials to Include |
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Developing a Topic | 6 Stages of Research + Defining Your Topic |
Research Foundations | What is Research? + 6 Stages of Research + Using the Search Everything Tool + What is a Database? |
Advanced Research | Advanced Search Tips + Resources for Your Major + Citation Management and Citation Tracing |
Annotated Bibliographies | Annotated Bibliographies + Reading Research Articles + Avoiding Plagiarism + Citation and Documentation Styles |
Literature Reviews | Writing a Literature Review + Reading Research Articles + Avoiding Plagiarism + APA Citation Game: In-Text Citations |
Statistics | Finding Statistics + Evaluating Statistics |