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- The purpose of this module is to help you understand basic tools to expand your college-level research skills. Each "How Do I" section is designed to give you practical information and ways of thinking about information that will allow you to:

Research Basics

 - The purpose of this module is to help you understand basic tools to expand your college-level research skills.  Each "How Do I" section is designed to give you practical information and ways of thinking about information that will allow you to:

 - Understand and use web searches to enhance your college-level research topics.

 - Learn what scholarly sources are and how to recognize them

-professors may also use the words academic, peer-reviewed, or credible.

 - Search using keywords in subject databases, the CWC resource catalog, and other online sources.

 - Share the information that you have learned using correct citation to ensure that you are honoring those who inspired your writing.