Student Learning & Engagement

Instruction Options by Topic

Citation Management

• Information Literacy Modules
  • Citing Sources Using APA Style
  • Citing Sources Using MLA Style

• Research Tips Thursday Videos
  • To quote or not to quote
  • Use Your Words: Paraphrasing Made Easy
  • 3 Myths about Including Images in Academic Work
  • Why We Cite

Evaluating Resources

• Information Literacy Modules
  • Evaluating Web Sites
  • Selecting Articles for Academic Assignments

• Research Tips Thursday Videos
  • Evaluating Web Sources Quickly with Lateral Reading
  • Identifying Bias
  • Identifying Good Evidence
  • Using the DIG method to Minimize Visual Misinformation
  • Know your numbers: Statistical Significance
  • Know your numbers: Identifying Misleading Stats
  • Evaluating News Sources

Preventing Plagiarism

• Information Literacy Modules
  • Avoiding Plagiarism Using APA Style
  • Avoiding Plagiarism Using MLA Style
  • Avoiding Plagiarism Using Chicago Manual of Style, 16^th Edition

Research Process

• Information Literacy Modules
  • Conducting a Literature Review
  • Creating a Search Strategy
  • Focusing an Information Search
  • Moving Into Discipline Specific Research
  • Recognizing a Research Study
  • Understanding the Information Cycle

• Research Tips Thursday Videos
  • Three Steps to Starting Your Research Project Off Right!
  • Taking the Mystery out to Academic Article Genres
  • Annotated Bibliography vs Literature Review
  • Creating the Ultimate Mashup: Synthesizing Information
  • Identifying Gaps in Research
  • Following the Research Conversation
  • Understanding Types of Research

Search Strategies

• Research Tips Thursday Videos
  • Finding Books Using Primo
  • Finding eBooks Using Primo
  • Advanced Searching in Primo
  • Virtual Browsing in Primo
  • Searching Newspapers in Primo
  • Keywords Pack-A-Punch
  • Subject Terms: Use them to your advantage
  • Using Search Limiters
  • Using Primo Links from Google Scholar
  • Searching Primo on a Mobile Device

Success Strategies

• Research Tips Thursday Videos
  • Keeping Calm during the Research Process
  • Time Management Tips for Writing

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