Charles "T." Jones Leadership Library: Research Help and Tutorials
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Research Guides per Program
Research Tutorials
- Academic Integrity Guide Guide to having academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism
- APA Style and Citation Guide 7th ed. How to format your paper and cite your sources using 7th ed. APA style.
- Evaluating Sources Use the CRAAP test to evaluate sources
- Library Online Catalog Tutorial Visit the tutorial page to learn how to use the catalog better. Many of the items listed in the Library Catalog are available electronically (ebooks and films). You can request for books to be mailed to you.
- Narrowing and Broadening Searches Learn how to get less results and/or more results when searching
- Types of Sources Tutorial Learn about the benefits and negatives of using various source types for your research.
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Library Online Resources
- Online Resources GuideNot sure how to use one of the databases? This guide to all of our online resources provides tips, and can help you navigate each resource.
- Academic Video Online This link opens in a new window
A collection of over 60,000 streaming videos in a wide variety of academic areas. Searchable transcripts accompany each video. Index terms are assigned to each video to aid in searching. The platform offers the ability to create playlists, create video clips, permalink to videos, and embed videos in course management systems. - Business Insights This link opens in a new window
Your business intelligence resource containing case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals, and other material organized by country, company and industry. - CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new window
CINAHL® with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 610 journals indexed in CINAHL®. This authoritative file contains full text for many of the most used journals in the CINAHL index - with no embargo. Full-text coverage dates back to 1981. - Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
A great place to start your research. Credo provides 24/7 access to general reference works (dictionaries & encyclopedias) as well as charts and images. Among other tools there are thousands of topic pages to assist research by highlighting additional resources provided by the library. - Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Criminal Justice Abstracts with Full Text™ contains more than 400,000 records selected from the most important sources within the discipline. Subject areas covered include: criminology; criminal justice; criminal law and procedure; corrections and prisons; police and policing; criminal investigation; forensic sciences and investigation; history of crime; substance abuse and addiction; probation and parole. - Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Ebook Central offers full-text access to thousands of books. In your personal bookshelf, you may customize your content by adding notes and highlighting text. Use your Blackboard account information to log into your personal bookshelf. - EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window
EBSCOhost Web is our most powerful periodicals database, offering the most full text access to scholarly journals, magazines, news articles and e-books. - Gale Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
This collection of databases contains extensive coverage in business, physical sciences, information science and technology, medicine, terrorism, criminal justice and much more. - Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy is a streaming video provider. There are over 28,000 documentaries, classic feature films, and other videos from about 1,000 producers available in this database. - The Leadership Quarterly This link opens in a new window
This journal covers the broad range of leadership topics and research worldwide. - Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window
This database provides viewpoint essays, reference sources, statistics, magazine and newspaper articles, primary documents and recommended websites and images to present various sides of an issue. - Westlaw This link opens in a new window
Westlaw is the premiere online legal research service. It provides quick, easy access to a vast collection of statutes, case law materials, public records and other legal resources, along with current news articles and business information.
Capstone Research Guide
- Capstone Guide Online research guide for Capstone students
Internship Guide
- Internship Guide Information for all stages of the Internship process: before, during, and after
Office 365 Guide
Learn how to install Office 365 from Central Penn on your device, and how to use the software used most for your classes and in your career. Also learn how to improve those skills and earn a digital badges to show future employers your proficiency.
- Office 365 Learn how to use the tools available through your student email and Office 365
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