Need just a brief refresher? Here is the Academic Research tutorial broken down into its component parts. Just do the parts you need!

• Getting started: don't let the title fool you. The stuff in here is vital to good reseach.
• Finding books: as you discovered in The Research Pyramid, books are a key component to research. This brief tutorial provides hints for advanced catalog searching as well as those special cases students encounter when trying to find the perfect book.
• Database basics: what is a database? How do I select and search one?
• Advanced database searching: I want fewer results and I want them more on target! How do I do that?
• Research for literature courses: Where can I find information about this author? What about poetry or short-story criticism? What have others said about this work? How can I find out?