• Pathfinders
  A Pathfinder is a beginner’s guide to Allegany College of Maryland Library resources on a general topic. It will give you a start in finding your path through the many options and resources available to you within our library system. A Pathfinder shows you where to browse and how to search for books, reference works, nonprint materials (such as videos), magazines, and specific magazine articles. It also lists some useful websites on the topic. Click here to read an introduction to Pathfinders and get a list of the topics currently available.
  
  
• Tilt Tutorial
  Click on the following links to view the University of Texas' tutorial "How to use Library Resources" > Full Tilt > Enter Tilt > Guests
  


• Citing Sources
  http://www.allegany.edu/library/citation.shtml



• Citing Sources and Understanding Plagiarism
  http://www.allegany.edu/plagiarism



• Online Searching Tips for College Assignments
  http://www.allegany.edu/library/online search tips.htm
  


• Popular vs. Scholarly Journals
  http://lib.colostate.edu/howto/poplr.html



• Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask
  http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
  


• Bibliography Worksheet Forms
  Click here for a copy of a worksheet that can be very useful in keeping track of references for your bibliography:
  http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_bibliography_worksheet.pdf
  
  
• Sources of Research Topics
  http://www.allegany.edu/library/Sources of Research Topics.html
  

• Updates and Plug-ins for Software
  http://www.allegany.edu/dl/updates.shtml

Created and maintained by Barbara Browning & Colleen Prezlock
Last update: April 15, 2008

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