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Algorithms, AI, and First-Year Academic Skills

Access Information

In your collegiate career, you will: 

  • Access needed information effectively and efficiently by:
    • Identifying appropriate databases for searches
    • Developing effective search strategies

The resources below will help you access the information you need. The library has many additional resources to help you learn about the library resources

Start Your Search

Connect Google Scholar to Library Databases

This video will show you how to link Google Scholar to the Rebecca Crown Library. 

Narrowing a Topic with a Mind Map

Creating a mind map is a great way to brainstorm your research topic and narrow down what you want to research.

02 - Mind Mapping from Joshua Vossler on Vimeo.

Creating Keywords

The research process is often more successful if you create keywords from your research topic. This video shows you how to create keywords. 

Anatomy of a Scholarly Article

Source: SciSpace