OSLIS Elementary Videos
These Learn to Research videos were produced by the OSLIS committee of the Oregon Association of School Libraries. OSLIS is a K-12 information literacy website (www.oslis.org) that teaches how to do research and how to cite sources. For Oregonians, the site is also an access point to the databases provided by the State Library of Oregon. This is an official OSLIS channel.

Using Videos as Sources: Detecting Trustworthiness

Using Primary & Secondary Sources

Using Citation Maker

Using a Library Database

Searching Effectively Phrase Searching & Truncation

Searching Effectively Boolean Operators

Reading & Taking Notes

Evaluating & Choosing Sources

Crediting Experts Using Signal Phrases

Citing Sources: Why & How to Do It

Using Keywords

Understanding Your Assignment

Evaluating Websites (for Elementary students)

Choosing a Topic & Developing a Research Question

Elementary Overview Video

OSLIS Elementary Overview

Learn to Research Elementary: Plan Step

Learn to Research Elementary: Find Step

Learn to Research Elementary: Create Step

Learn to Research Elementary: Present Step