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ENGL 2A: Critical Thinking and Writing (Yusuf)

This guide supports students in Professor Yusuf's ENGL 2A for winter quarter 2025.

CTW 2 - Library Tutorial

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to...

  • Understand the difference between library search tools on the homepage, Google Scholar, Academic Search Complete, and subject-specific databases and choose an appropriate search tool
  • Use Academic Search Complete to find materials on a topic
  • Develop a search strategy using more advanced search syntax/construction (e.g., Boolean operators, phrase searching, truncation, etc.)
  • Identify a subject-specific database for a research topic
  • Reflect on the role of citation in research and use the built-in citation generators in library databases
  • Ask evaluative questions of information sources and search tools

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