MERLOT Materials

'In the most recent version of "Turabian," the editors closely follow the Chicago Manual of Style, having two basic... see more

'My Library keeps all the information about your personal media collection at your fingertips. Separate tabs are... see more

This short tutorial briefly describes the research process, as well as offers studies stategies for developing and... see more

This video addresses the nature of intellectual authority and its problematic aspects, issuing a call to students to... see more

This video explains observation, deduction, and experimentation as means of knowing or describing knowledge. The... see more

Information Literacy Concepts is an openly accessible primer that introduces high school, community college, and college... see more

This PowerPoint was created to demonstrate how to effectively understand and utilize the streaming platform Disney+. We... see more

This session focuses on Goodreads, a website that helps readers discover, organize, and share books, as an organizing... see more

This lecture explains the difference between scholarly, popular, and trade/professional publications and how to tell them... see more

This lecture explains how to identify the intended audience and purpose of an information source, and why that is... see more

This lecture contextualizes the idea of primary, secondary and tertiary sources in the ideas of scholarly communication.... see more

This lecture explains how to identify the intended audience and purpose of an information source, and why that is... see more

Students who complete this module will learn about scholarly articles and how they are arranged.

"Being Digital" is a collection of 40 freely-available, bite-size interactive activities on finding, using and creating... see more

A site that tells all the career of librarianship. "If you're looking for a job that is highly skilled, in demand and... see more

Report from the Association of College and Research Libraries that doments how librarians can work with students and... see more

We intend this book to act as a guide writ large for would-be champions of OER, that anyone—called to action by the... see more

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is a resource showcasing conferences,... see more

Librarian professionals and support staff are more important than ever, and there are a number of helpful websites that... see more

This site, owned and maintained by Mary Niederlander, contains plenty of helpful links for library paraprofessionals and... see more

A series of information literacy modules from the University of Idaho.

This is a self-paced, non-credit course that covers research skills, critical thinking, media and internet literacy, and... see more

This collection, collated in Zotero, includes articles and other resources to help academic librarians teach diverse... see more

An overview of copyright guidelines for university students and faculty.