The Research Skills tutorials are a set of 9 modules that provide a foundation of information literacy and critical thinking skills. Topics range from getting started with research, to evaluating and critiquing information sources, to citations.
The modules are listed in a suggested order of completion, but users may complete any part of any module. If you are off-campus, you will need your PODS login to access the tutorials.
Faculty Information
Interested faculty can integrate these tutorial content and quizzes into myCourses
(Brightspace) to connect student progress or performance to the Grade Center. See
the directions and links for integration for more information.
Contact
For questions about the tutorials, contact Aleshia Huber, hubera@binghamton.edu.
Pre-Test
Getting Started with Research
- Tutorial: Why Information Literacy Matters
- Video: Life in the Information Age
- Videos: Research Process
- Tutorial: Developing a Research Focus
- Video: How to Narrow Your Topic
- Background Research Tips
- Videos: Beginning Research with Wikipedia/Google
- Video: Thesis Statements
- Quiz: Thesis Statements
- Tutorial: Scholarship as Conversation
- Quiz: The Research Process
- Tutorial: Research for Persuative Writing
- Video: Creating a Research Plan
- Video: Framing a Problem
- Quiz: Research Strategies
Sources of Information
- Video: Data, Information, and Knowledge
- Video: Primary and Secondary Research
- Tutorial: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources
- Quiz: Primary and Secondary Sources
- Video: Peer Review
- Quiz: Peer Review
- Video: Types of Sources
- Tutorial: Source Types
- Quiz: Types of Sources
- Tutorial: How To Read Scholarly Materials
- Video: How to Read Scholarly Materials
- Tutorial: Selecting Appropriate Digital Sources
Searching for Information
- Videos: Searching as Exploration
- Video: Choosing a Database
- Quiz: Choosing a Database
- Tutorial: Choosing and Using Keywords
- Quiz: Choosing and Using Keywords
- Tutorial: Search Techniques, Part 1
- Tutorial: Search Techniques, Part 2
- Video: Refining Search Results
- Quiz: Search Techniques
Evaluating Information
- Video: What is Authority?
- Video: Introduction to Bias
- Video: Types of Bias
- Quiz: Bias
- Video: Evaluating Sources
- Tutorial: Evaluating Information
- Tutorial: Choosing the Best Web Source
- Video: Understanding Misinformation
- Quiz: Misinformation
- Quiz: Evaluating Information
- Tutorial: News Reporting vs. Opinion Pieces in Journalism
- Tutorial: Evaluating Digital Sources Using Lateral Reading
- Tutorial: Evaluating Sources for Diverse Points of View (New Fall 2024)
- Tutorial: Fact-Checking (New Fall 2024)
Presenting Research and Data
- Video: Synthesizing Information
- Tutorial: Synthesizing Information for Academic Writing
- Quiz: Synthesizing Information
- Tutorial: Annotated Bibliography
- Video: Anatomy of a Research Paper
- Quiz: Anatomy of a Research Paper
- Video: Writing Help
- Tutorial:Parapharsing, Quoting, and Summarizing
- Video:Academic Writing
- Video:Understanding Communication Need
- Tutorial: Presentation Skills
- Tutorial: Study Skills (New Fall 2024)
- Tutorial: Oral Communication (New Fall 2024)
- Quiz: Writing and Communication
Citations
- Video: Why Citations Matter
- Tutorial: Why Citations Matter
- Video: APA 6th Edition Citation Style
- Tutorial: APA 6th Edition Citations
- Quiz: APA 6th Edition Citations
- Tutorial: APA 7th Edition Citations
- Quiz: APA 7th Edition Citations
- Video: MLA 7th Edition Citation Style
- Video: MLA 8th Edition Citation Style
- Tutorial: MLA 8th Edition Citation Style
- Quiz: MLA 8th Edition Citation
- Tutorial: MLA 9th Edition Citation
- Video: MLA 9th Edition Citation
- Quiz: MLA 9th Edition Citation
- Video: Turabian Citation Style 9th Ed.
- Quiz: Turabian Citation Style 9th Ed.
- Video: Harvard Citation Style
- Video: Chicago Style 17th ed. Journals
- Video: Chicago Style, 17th ed. Books and eBooks
- Video: Chicago Style, 17th ed. Websites and Social Media
- Quiz: Chicago Style 17th Edition
Information Ethics and Academic Integrity
- Tutorial: Academic Integrity
- Tutorial: Information Has Value
- Tutorial: Copyright
- Video: Plagiarism
- Quiz: Information Ethics
- Tutorial: Digital Privacy
- Tutorial: Introduction to Digital Citizenship
- Tutorial: Digital Citizenship in Practice
- Quiz: Digital Citizenship in Practice
- Tutorial: Student Guide to AI (New Fall 2024)
- Quiz: Student Guide to AI (New Fall 2024)
Visual and Quantitative Literacy
- Video: Searching for Images
- Video: Interpreting Images
- Tutorial: Why Does Visual Literacy Matter?
- Quiz: Visual Literacy
- Tutorial: Introduction to Geographic Literacy and Maps (New Fall 2024)
- Video: Using Quantitiative Data
- Video: Evaluating Statistics
- Quiz: Quantiative Reasoning
Using Critical Thinking and Logic
- Video: Why Thinking Matters
- Video: Inquiry
- Tutorial: Logical Reasoning
- Video: Evidence-Based Reasoning
- Tutorial: Analyzing Information
Culture and Citizenship
- Video: Introduction to Cultural Issues
- Video: Global Citizenship
- Video: Introduction to Civic Engagement
- Video: Introduction to Civic Action
- Quiz: Culture and Citizenship
- Quiz: Civic Engagement and Civic Action