Tutorials

This site is in its early beta development phase. The goal is to have tutorials, interviews and other important information to help you make better use of UMass Lowell's Electronic Resources. We'll be continually updating this page to provide you with the resources we believe will help you be successful.

NOTE: Videos are available in both Quicktime and Flash. The link is to Qucktime. Click on the Falsh icon to view the Flash version.

The Basics of Information Literacy:
(a.k.a....the Forensics of Knowledge)

Plagiarism (video)
Plagiarism (Text tutorial)
Introduction to Databases (2:58)
Refereed Vs Popular Journals (2:44)
Introduction to Citations (2:09)
Citation Styles (2:00)
Evaluating Sources
The Deep Web (3:47)

Instructional Modules: (Flash Only!)

Remote Login (1:32) Accessing UML databases from off-campus locations.
e-Portal (4:12) Locating a journal or book by title
Metasearch(3:08) Searching multiple databases at once.
360 Link (3:50) Finding the full-text of an article.