New to research?
Start here.

• Choose a topic
   
• Search databases
   
• Develop a research question
   
• Get started with library research (self-enroll in this non-credit mini course)
   
• Search Google Scholar

 Fact-check and evaluate information.

• Evaluate and fact-check web sources with the SIFT model
   
• Avoid election disinformation: Top 5 tips
   
• How to Fact-Check AI Content (self-enroll in this non-credit Canvas module)
   
• Fact Check the Latest Viral Claims
   
• Health Information Literacy (self-enroll in this non-credit Canvas module)
   
• Real or AI? Can you tell the difference?
   
• Reverse image searching
   
• Think critically about social media influencer content
   
• Ukraine: Reliable info about the war
   
• War in Gaza: Fact-check

Find resources.

• Biographies
   
• Culture Passes
   
• Database search tips
   
• Graphic novels
   
• SCC Student Newspaper Digital Archive 1971-2012
   
• Scottsdale Sister Cities
   
• Small Business Owners
   
• Spooky Season: Scary library resources
   
• Statistics

Keep up with Artificial Intelligence.

• Generative AI Resource Guide
   
•  How to Fact-Check AI Content (self-enroll in this non-credit Canvas module) 
   
• Next Level Job Applications: Use Gen AI to enhance your resume (self-enroll in this non-credit Canvas module) 
   
• Real or AI? Can you tell the difference?

Learn how to use library resources.

• Search databases
   
• Finding and Reading eBooks 
   
• Link and embed library content

Understand different types of sources.

• Primary research articles
   
• Popular and scholarly sources
   
• Peer reviewed sources 
   
• Open Educational Resources

Use sources properly.

• Avoid plagiarism
   
• Cite your sources
   
• Learn copyright and fair use
   
• Find open educational resources
  

College, career, and life

• Adulting: Make it less hard
   
• Career Research
   
• Dual Enrollment Students 
   
• Election & Voter Registration Info 
   
• Election Disinformation: 5 Tips to Avoid It
   
• Generative Artificial Intelligence
   
• Mindfulness
  
  
• Next Level Job Applications: Use Gen AI to enhance your resume (self-enroll in this non-credit Canvas module) 
   
• University Transfer Resources 
   
• Veteran's Resources

Culture, heritage, celebration, and awareness 

• Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month
   
• Banned Books Week
   
• Black History Month
   
• Constitution Week
   
• Dia de Los Muertos
   
• Earth Day and Sustainability
   
• Hispanic Heritage Month
   
• Human Trafficking Awareness
   
• Lunar New Year
   
• Native American Heritage Month
   
• Pride Month 
   
• Spooky Season
   
• Women's History Month 

Find subject specific library resources.

• Accounting, Banking, & Finance
   
• Administration of Justice
   
• American Sign Language
   
• Anthropology
   
• Astronomy
   
• Biochemistry
   
• Biology
   
• Business and Organizational Management
   
• Cannabis Business
   
• Chemistry
   
• Communication
   
• Community Health
  
  
• Computer Aided Design and Drafting
   
• Computer Information Systems
   
• Computer Science
   
• Creative Writing
   
• Culinary Arts, Baking, and Pastry
   
• Dance
   
• Data Analytics 
   
• Digital Arts
   
• Economics
   
• Education
   
• Engineering 
   
• English Literature
   
• Entrepreneurship
   
• Equine Science
   
• Exercise Science
   
• Film
   
• Fine Arts
   
• Forensic Science
   
• Genocide Awareness
   
• Geography
   
• Geology
   
• History
   
• Hospitality Management
   
• Interior Design
   
• Journalism
   
• Law & Policy
   
• Marketing
   
• Mathematics
   
• Music Performance
   
• Nursing
   
• Nutrition & Dietetics
   
• Personal Health & Wellness
   
• Philosophy
   
• Physics
   
• Poetry
   
• Political Science
   
• Programming and Mobile Applications
   
• Psychology
   
• Real Estate 
   
• Recreation Management
   
• Religious Studies
   
• Screenwriting
   
• Social Work
   
• Sociology
   
• Spanish Language Learning
   
• Statistics
   
• Theater & Musical Theater
   
• Web Design & Development
   
• Women & Gender Studies
   
• Yoga and Yoga Instruction