This guide will help you learn how to:

• Use library resources to help you develop your research topic and search strategy.
• Identify, and understand Commonwealth University Libraries Databases: what they are and why we have so many.
• Understand the difference between journal, peer review, newspaper, magazine, and trade publications.
• Learn to effectively evaluate websites for credibility, reliability and authority.
• Cite  and organize the sources of your information correctly and ethically, using the Council of Scientific Editors' Citation tool.