Burritt Library Adventures in Research

About this original series

Need with research for papers and project? Visit the Burritt Library and discover what's available in the library and online to help with research.

# Episodes
18 episodes
Rating
TV-UN

Episodes of Burritt Library Adventures in Research

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  Primary Sources at Burritt Library
  
  CCSU history professors and a librarian describe what a primary source is, the variety of materials that can be used as a primary source, and primary source collections available in the Burritt Library and online.
  - Release date
    
    Mar 29, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    06:13
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  Using Academic Search Premier
  
  A CCSU student struggles to find articles on college students and social networking for his paper. Frustrated with internet search engines, he decides to take the advice of his friend and try the Academic Search Premier database available through the library website.
  - Release date
    
    Mar 29, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    04:08
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  CONSULS and You
  
  A hapless CCSU student needs to find some books on the U.S. Patriot Act for his paper. Will he survive in the stacks?
  - Release date
    
    Mar 29, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    03:04
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  Using the Mental Measurements Yearbook with Test...
  
  Jen will guide you through using the Mental Measurements Yearbook with Tests in Print to find reviews and purchase information for commercially-available tests and measures in psychology, education, business and leadership.
  - Release date
    
    Feb 11, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    03:25
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  Using Health & Psychosocial Instruments (HaPI) t...
  
  Susan explains how to use the HaPI database to locate psychological and behavioral tests found in the journal literature.
  - Release date
    
    Feb 10, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    05:29
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  Using the Handbook of Unpublished Experimental M...
  
  Jen demonstrates how to search for tests and measures in the Handbook of Unpublished Experimental Mental Measures.
  - Release date
    
    Feb 10, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    02:51
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  Locating Tests and Measures with Google Scholar
  
  Jen will show you how to locate psychological and behavioral tests, surveys and questionnaires using Google Scholar.
  - Release date
    
    Feb 10, 2011
  - Runtime
    
    02:32
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  Submitting an Interlibrary Loan Request
  
  Kim will demonstrate using the Burritt Library's ILLiad system to order a book not owned by CCSU.
  - Release date
    
    Oct 15, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    01:05
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  Using Proquest Newspapers
  
  Susan will demonstrate using Proquest Newspapers to find articles in over 50 newspapers.
  - Release date
    
    Sep 28, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    02:17
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  Searching CONSULS for Materials by Title
  
  Susan will guide you through the process of locating materials in the CONSULS library catalog by title.
  - Release date
    
    Sep 10, 2010
  - Runtime
    
    02:03