Writing 2010  

Welcome to all WRTG 2010 students!

This research guide has been developed by your friendly Education Services librarians at the Marriott Library.

What this research guide intends to do for you is offer a foundation for research within and outside of traditional libraries.  We have carefully developed an easy to follow curriculum that you can access at anytime to learn about or review resources that the Marriott Library owns, subscribes to, or utilizes.

Learning how to navigate the library's resources and figuing out how to use discovery tools to find materials, like the library catalog, can be a daunting task, but we aim to make it as easy and understandable as possible.

This research guide introduces you to the research process and offers you lessons to become acquainted with research skills and strategies that you will continue to develop throughout your academic career. There is so much to learn about research and how to do it well that it must be acquired little by litte over time, or else you can become overwhelmed. This guide is a place where you can always return to review the tutorials when you need them.

Follow the tabs in order from left to right to follow the sequence of the lessons.

If you have any questions, please don't heistate to drop in at the Knowledge Commons desk at your convenience, or go to the HELP tab and send us a question or request a research question.

Please watch this introductory video, which is a "How to" use this library guide.

This video will explain the research process to you, how to follow the lessons your instructor assigns to you, and where to get additional help.