By the end of this tutorial you will be able to:
- Describe the importance of the scientific literature and knowledge of it to your research
- Identify the differences between types of scientific information
- Identify and access the resources available to you at William and Mary and beyond
- Construct basic author, keyword, and citation searches in both general and subject-specific databases in order to trace the scholarly conversation around a topic
- Identify potential research topics, lab groups or researchers you might be interested in working with for your research course
- Cite information in American Chemical Society (ACS) format and use citation and data management tools in order to manage and ethically use information
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Questions or trouble with the tutorial? Contact Camille Andrews, Instruction & Research Librarian, at ceandrews01@wm.edu.
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Want to read instead of or in addition to watching the videos? You can find a link to the slides/transcipts under each video or turn on closed captioning.
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Optional items are not required to complete the tutorial but may be of interest
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