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Information literacy
Resources for helping students improve their research skills.
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Plagiarism - Student's Guide to Avoiding It (Presentation)Shows students the different types of plagiarism.
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Information Literacy and Writing Assessment Project (Reference Material)Could be used to show faculty how to plan a writing assessment project.
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Evaluate Internet Sites 101! (Tutorial)Evaluating web sites.
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Research Tips (Tutorial)Library research
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Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education (Reference Material)Information literacy standards for higher education were developed by the Association of College and Research Libraries... More
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Creating Effective Research Assignments. (Reference Material)A great site for showing faculty how design good library research assignments.
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Flow of Information (Tutorial)Use in general orientation.
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bibme (Reference Material)Good bibliography making tool.
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Sources and Citations at Dartmouth College (Reference Material)Good for citation help.
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Internet Detective (Tutorial)Good info on critical thinking and internet sites. Explains plagiarism and different types of sources.
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The Information Cycle (Presentation)Good to use with ESL classes about the story of the way events unfold in the news, through the use of different types of... More
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What is Plagiarism (Paul Robeson Library) (Animation)Use this in general orientation classes.
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Shows the entire process of conducting research using critical thinking along the way. From selecting the topic to... More
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Using Call Numbers (Tutorial)Great site for understatnding LC call numbers. Has assignment.
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Use in Comp 1 orientations.
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Using Journal Databases (Tutorial)Use in developmental writing orientations.
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College Level Research (Tutorial)Good tutorial explaining why library databases are better than Google for scholarly research.
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RES 500 OL - Research Strategies (Online Course)Good for Learning Strategies orientations.
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WebQuest Page (Reference Material)WebQuests teach students how to effectively use the Internet for research.
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Research and Documentation Online (Reference Material)A source for finding information in the Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences. Commercial.
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PLUTO (Pacific Library User Tutorial Online) (Tutorial)Good outline on the steps to finding information for a research paper.
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Texas Information Literacy Tutorial (Tutorial)Good for basic library orientations.
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LIB 740: Information Literacy Game (Tutorial)Good for reinforcing information literacy skills.
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Library Tutorials for Research Papers (Tutorial)Argument essay research tutorials.
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Scholarly vs. Popular Periodicals (Tutorial)Good explanation of peer-reviewed journal articles.
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Wikipedia: Beneath the Surface (Animation)Good for general orientations. What a Wiki is, and why library databases are better for scholarly research.
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Inflite: Using the Web, Module 4 (Tutorial)Explains the visible and invisible web.
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Research Process (Tutorial)For English comp classes.
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Eng comp. classes
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Use for teaching the research method and critical thinking skills.
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What Makes a Journal Scholarly? (Tutorial)Peer-review process
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Library Guide (Tutorial)Good for online classes.
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Annotations and Abstracts (Tutorial)English comp. classes.
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Why You Need to Cite Sources (Tutorial)For any research class.
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Research Roadmap (Tutorial)Use for teaching basic research skills in English Comp.
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How to reference (Simulation)Good for teaching APA citations.
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Seeking Information: Web vs. Library Databases (Animation)For teaching basic search techniques.
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Finding: Research 101 Tutorial (Tutorial)Explains the library classification systems.
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Simplifying Citations with Technology (Tutorial)citations and Word 2007
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MERLOT for students (Reference Material)Guide for students about MERLOT.
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Research: What Is It? (Tutorial)Good for any English comp class.
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Why Should You Be Scientifically Literate? (Open (Access) Journal-Article)In science.
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How to Read a Call Number (Tutorial)Good for library student workers and a basic library orientation.
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Using Google Scholar to find articles (Tutorial)For finding articles.
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Info Ethics: Net Trail Tutorial (Tutorial)Good for teaching basic research skills.
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Search Smarter, Search Faster (Presentation)Teaches boolean logic in a fun way.
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7 Secrets to Success (Assignment)A library orientation.
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Explains magazines vs. scholarly journals.
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Flow of Information (Tutorial)Flow of information.
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The Information Literacy User's Guide (Open (Access) Textbook)Open textbook for teaching research skills
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Project Information Literacy (Collection)Open access reasearch about infomation literacy.
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Library Passport (Tutorial)Tutorials for library and business research.
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Picking Your Topic IS Research! (Animation)For English comp classes. Teaching research.
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For researching
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Know your sources (Reference Material)Quick guide for learning and teaching about difference sources.
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Student Success at Nashville State Community College (ePortfolio)For online students at remote campuses.
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Is my source credible? (Collection)Good Credible sources tutorials.
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Fake News Poster (Presentation)
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Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers (Open (Access) Textbook)