LibGuides: Research Toolkit: Research

From Idea to Library

Digging into Research

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Library & Research Guides

Online Resources: Online Research Sources

Online resources are available to anyone with an internet connection and do not require any login credentials to access. General online sources must always be carefully vetted to verify appropriateness for use in a project (see the Academic Integrity and CRAP Test Guides for details).

CCCOnline Library Article Databases Tutorial
Access the CCCOnline article databases
Colorado Virtual Library
The Colorado Virtual Library is a cooperative project of the Colorado State Library and the Colorado library and museum community.
Doing Research from a Distance
A 7 Step Process.
Library Tutorials
Research guides on a host of topics from the Colorado State University Libraries.
ProCon.org
The website ProCon.org serves as a non-biased information source for users, presenting sourced pros and cons of debatable issues, as well as a host of reference information relevant to those issues, thoroughly researched and compiled by research staff and editors.
Prospector: The Colorado Unified Catalog
Prospector is a unified catalog of academic, public and special libraries in Colorado and Wyoming. Through Prospector you have access to 30 million books, journals, DVDs, CDs, videos and other materials held in these libraries. With a single search you can identify and borrow materials from the collections and have them delivered to your local library.
Research Guides
Arapahoe Community College Research Guides
Research Guides
Subject-specific research guides from the Auraria Library
Research Help
Research tutorials by the Colorado State University Libraries
Research Using the Internet
Research tutorial from the University of Toronto.
Searching Online
Searching online from the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL).
Using the Internet for Research
From the University Libraries at the University of Rhode Island. This guide is going to introduce you to the world of using the Internet for academic research, which is different from just surfing.