The Portal for Research Instruction
Your Hub for Tools, Resources, and Collaboration
This page is designed to guide students, faculty, and researchers in conducting, organizing, and sharing research, providing tools and resources for every stage of the academic research process.
Begin Your Journey
Learn the Best Ways to COnduct Research
What is Research?
Students speak thoughtfully about research.
Stay Organized
Maximize your time and effort when conducting research
Organizing Research
Organize research and writing with strategies like synthesis matrices and outlines.
Organizing with One Search
Learn to use One Search's folders and organization system
Annotate Online
Annotate digital sources to mirror the close reading strategies often associated with reading print texts
Citation Made Easy
Cite ethically and accurately using these tools and resources.
Introduction to Copyright
An introduction to copyright and fair use.
Visualize Your Data
Leverage tools to present your research in compelling and visually engaging ways .
Create Multimedia
Create Engaging Multimedia Content
Using OBS
Engage Students with VIDEO Lessons
Using Shotcut
Preparing Qualitative Data for Presentations
Showcasing Research Tools:
Student and Faculty Research Contributions
Recording Literary Insights: Exploring Sylvia Plath with Orange Data Mining and OBS
Using OBS Studio, students captured compelling visualizations created with Orange Data Mining to analyze themes, sentiment, and word patterns in Sylvia Plath’s poetry. OBS allowed for seamless recording of interactive workflows, data visualizations, and real-time interpretations, offering a dynamic way to document and present research on one of literature’s most introspective voices.
Student Work – Bauhaus Compilation with Shotcut
Description: This video showcases a compilation of Bauhaus-inspired artwork created by Graphic Design Students. The animation transitions through various artistic pieces, blending bold geometric shapes, vibrant colors, and modernist typography. The background music is instrumental, evoking a contemplative mood that complements the visual storytelling.
Students began their research using OneSearch, diving into academic articles, books, and multimedia resources to explore the philosophy and work of Bauhaus artists. From there, they used Google Scholar to access peer-reviewed articles for deeper insights and Zotero to organize their findings and manage citations efficiently. To engage closely with key texts, students utilized Hypothesis for collaborative annotation and Adobe Reader for detailed notes.