Research 101
Workshop Slides, Handouts & Notes
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Workshop SlidesOnline slides to follow along in class and use later.
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Workshop Handouts & NotesOnline handouts and notes. Download to your own Google account to keep!
Specific Handouts:
Academic Services Librarian
Data & GIS Specialist
Welcome to Research 101!
Welcome to Research 101! This guide is your starter kit for college-level research at Kennedy Library. There are several self-guided tutorials, videos, and handouts that will help you advance your research skills. You will find information about developing a research question and keyword strategy, finding, evaluating, and citing sources, and research ethics. To navigate this guide, use the menu on the left-hand side. If you need help finding information, ask a librarian using the 24/7 Live Help Chat.
Self-Guided Library Research Module
Do you have a research assignment and don’t know where to start? The Library Research Module (available on Canvas) will take you through the steps of the research process in self-guided lessons on finding information in the Libary's OneSearch catalog and databases, research ethics, how to evaluate the credibility and quality of sources, how to identify and understand different types of information sources, and the types of sources and help available in Kennedy Library’s Special Collections and Archives. There are 10 Knowledge Check Questions for you to test your own understanding. You have unlimited attempts to answer. To access this module, read the following directions below.
For Students - Self-Enroll
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Self-enroll in our Library Canvas shell to access the moduleIf the module is not available through one of your courses, you can access it by self-enrolling in the Library’s Canvas shell (course) called "Kennedy Library Research Modules." The module is titled “Starting Your Research: Ethics, Information Sources, and Evaluation”. Note: there are other library-related modules available in this Canvas shell.
For Instructors - Upload from Canvas Commons
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Starting Your Research: Ethics, Information Sources, and EvaluationFor instructors, feel free to use any or all of this module in your own Canvas shells. We have published these pages to the Canvas Commons, for your use. NOTE: If this link doesn't work, go to the Canvas Commons and search for the title of the module "Starting Your Research: Ethics, Information Sources, and Evaluation".
Guide Creation and Maintenance
This guide was created by Kaila Bussert with contributions from Mercedes Rutherford-Patten and Russ White. It is currently updated and maintained by Mercedes Rutherford-Patten.