Research Guides and Tutorials

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The librarians at Stony Brook University have created guides and handouts to help you with your research, so whether the library is open or not, help is no more than a click away.

Check the library's new subject guides for more assistance.

Recordings of library workshops are available on the Library Workshops page.

 

SBU Library Research Guide

Did your instructor request articles from peer-reviewed journals? No idea what that means or how to find one? Can't tell the difference between a primary and secondary source? Never created a References or Works Cited list? Not clear on how to find articles? Take our self-paced, online tutorial to get up to speed quickly. Take 10 minutes to focus on one problem area or go through the entire tutorial in about an hour.

Research Guides

Stony Brook Libraries Research Guide

APA Formatting and Style Guide from Purdue University Online Writing Lab

APA Citation Style Quick Sheet (Stony Brook University Libraries)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

MLA Citation Style Quick Sheet (Stony Brook University Libraries)

 
 

Video Tutorials

 
 

Specific Research Databases Tutorials

Academic Search Premier Quick Reference Print. 

 
JSTOR Tutorials Video & Print.(Available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and other languages.)
 
 
 
PubMed Tutorial Video & Web.
 
ScienceDirect Tutorials Video & Print.(Available in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and other languages.)
 
Web of Knowledge Tutorials Video & Print. Includes Web of Science. (Available in Chinese, Korean, Spanish and other languages.)