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Library Tutorials and Activities

KPU Library videos, screencasts, online activities and more which faculty members can embed into their Moodle course sites.

Welcome Biology Students

VIDEO: BIOL 1210: Using Summon to Find Background Info for Your Lab Reports (7:22)

A brief video showing how to use Summon to find background information for the catalase activity assay lab.

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    VIDEO: BIOL 1210: Finding Articles Using Summon and Journal Title Search (4:12)

    A brief explanation of how to find a specific article using Summon and Journal Title search for BIOL 1210.

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    VIDEO: BIOL 1210: Searching JSTOR for Articles on Catalase and pH (4:38)

    This video briefly introduces the advantages of using an article database, and offers a few tips for searching JSTOR to find scholarly articles for first year biology lab reports.

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  • VIDEO: Primary Research Articles in Ecology Pt. 1: Browsing. This video describes how to search an ecology journal for a primary research article 

    VIDEO: BIOL 2322: Finding Primary Research Articles in Ecology Pt. 1: Browsing (6:17)

    This video explains how to locate and browse and ecology journal for a primary research article.

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    VIDEO: BIOL 2322: Finding Primary Research Articles in Ecology Pt. 2: Searching (7:52)

    This video describes how to search an ecology journal for a primary research article for the BIOL 2322 assignment.

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  • VIDEO: Searching for Primary Research Articles using ScienceDirect (4:49)

    An overview of basic search techniques for ScienceDirect database. Created for Biology students, but general principles are useful for any discipline.

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