Latino Peer Mentoring Research Guide

• Increase your knowledge of the information cycle.
• Sharpen your ability to locate information required for your assignments.
• Proceed at your own pace.
• Login with your HSU ID and Password to recieve credit from your instructor
  
• Click the blue button at the bottom left of each section to move forward.
• Click on a section to begin.

Section 1: Begin Research

Learn more about understanding your assignment and choosing a suitable topic. Then you can select appropriate keywords to search.

Average Time: 9 minutes

Section 2: Knowledge Cycle

Become familiar with the information cycle and the purpose of various information sources. Understand how different disciplines define primary, secondary, and tertiary sources.
Average Time: 10 minutes

Section 3: Find Books

Discover why books can be valuable sources and learn where to search for them.

Average Time: 9 minutes

Section 4: Find Articles

Find out how to locate articles from newspapers, magazines, and scholarly journals in library databases.

Average Time: 9 minutes

Section 5: Make Citations 

Discover why accurate citations are important and identify information required for any citation style.

Average Time: 9 minutes

Section 6: Basic Search

Start a search and improve your search results by incorporating useful strategies.

Average Time: 15 minutes

Section 7: Advanced Search

Increase your search skills by incorporating subject searching, limiting by specific fields, and exploring additional databases.
Average Time: 12 minutes