QuickStudy Introduction

Welcome to QuickStudy: Library Research Guide.

Referencing good information sources can strengthen your speech or research paper. You can access information in books, articles and web sources through library research, but sometimes it's difficult to know where and how to look for the information you need. Quickstudy will help find quality information sources by guiding you through the process of conducting effective library research.

QuickStudy comprises eight modules, each of which contains several short lessons (usually a page or more in length). These modules will familiarize you with strategies for approaching research as well as introduce you to some of the computer resources you will use as you research your topic. Quickstudy includes information on:

• the process of choosing a topic
• designing a research strategy
• finding different kinds of sources such as aritcles, books and internet sites
• evaluating sources
• essential citation information for sources used in a bibliography.

In addition to the modules, you will find supplementary resources to use when you are doing your research.

• Useful Links located at the bottom of the pages contain hot-links to helpful sources online.
• Guided exercises designed to help you practice what you've learned
• Quiz Questions (coming soon) written to help you test your knowledge

We hope you find QuickStudy a useful tool for learning about conducting library research. Begin by going to the main page of QuickStudy.

Special QuickStudy top menu bar features:

Main Menu will take you to the beginning or main page of QuickStudy where you will see all the modules listed.

The Site Map allows you to browse the entire QuickStudy site.

Search QuickStudy, on the top of the main page, provides way for you to search the the contents of Research QuickStudy by keywords.

The Definitions provides glossary or list of terms with definitions.

Research QuickStart is a Web tool that lists print and online resources that will help you get started on your research.

The For Instructors section provides information on how instructor's can use QuickStudy for their classes and includes links to other instructional resources for classes.

Resources for More Help:

For help in selecting actual resources to search for your research topic, use Research QuickStart.

If you need help in writing and editing your paper, you can meet with a tutor from the Student Writing Center, a facility of the English Department, or use the Online Writing Center, operated by the Department of Rhetoric. Links to these and other resources are available at the University's Writing Support Network.

If you need more help with library research, use the libraries AskUs! service.

Special Thanks and more information about the project is available on the QuickStudy Credits page.