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Google Like A Pro!, 2017, Mandy Shannon
Google Like A Pro!, 2017, Mandy Shannon
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
Do you love Google, but hate filtering through millions of results to find the type of information you need? Learn some of the tips and tricks of the information pros for how to make your use of Google more efficient for your information needs.
Stop Searching And Start Finding: Effective Search Strategies, 2017, Mandy Shannon
Stop Searching And Start Finding: Effective Search Strategies, 2017, Mandy Shannon
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
Sorting through different information sources can be stressful. You've heard that using the library databases give you better results, but how do you find them? With the help of Jimmy Fallon and Jonah Hill, we’ll explore how to search the databases to find better results faster and easier.
Detecting Craap: Evaluating Information Sources, Mary Lou Baker Jones, Maureen Barry
Detecting Craap: Evaluating Information Sources, Mary Lou Baker Jones, Maureen Barry
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
How do you know if the article you found is good enough to use for your assignment? Learn strategies for evaluating sources whether you find them on the Internet, in the library, or in the library’s databases. Students practice applying the CRAAP Test criteria to information sources.
Integrating Your Sources: Quotations, Paraphrasing, And Summarizing, Piper Martin, Samantha Jo Spitak
Integrating Your Sources: Quotations, Paraphrasing, And Summarizing, Piper Martin, Samantha Jo Spitak
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
You've searched for articles and books and you have a list of sources that are on your topic. Now how are you supposed to use them in your paper? In this workshop, staff from the Writing Center and a librarian will take you through the process of integrating those sources in your paper. Learn how to quote and paraphrase while avoiding plagiarism and keeping your voice the focus of your paper.
Google Like A Pro!, Mandy Shannon
Google Like A Pro!, Mandy Shannon
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
Do you love Google, but hate filtering through millions of results to find the type of information you need? Learn some of the tips and tricks of the information pros for how to make your use of Google more efficient for your information needs.
Finding The "Perfect" Source, Maureen Barry
Finding The "Perfect" Source, Maureen Barry
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
Does this scenario sound familiar? You've searched through many of the libraries’ databases using words that describe your subject, but nothing in your results list stands out to you as right on-topic. Luckily, you are not alone! We can help you locate sources that will be useful, and we’ll reveal that special perfect source that ties it all together.
First-Year Student Research Skills: Challenges, Myths, And Solutions, Piper Martin, Sue Polanka, Mandy Shannon
First-Year Student Research Skills: Challenges, Myths, And Solutions, Piper Martin, Sue Polanka, Mandy Shannon
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
This presentation highlights a recent report on first year student research skills. We will explain how the results of a 2013 study – Learning the Ropes: How Freshmen Conduct Course Research Once They Enter College – are reflected in data collected by our library. We’ll introduce a toolkit of short workshops created by the University Libraries to address the specific challenges that first year students’ face when they are presented with college research assignments. Since many 2nd and 3rd year students experience similar challenges, these workshops are open to all students. We’ll discuss how faculty-library collaboration can help …
More Than Books: What The Library Can Do For You, Mandy Shannon
More Than Books: What The Library Can Do For You, Mandy Shannon
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
Helpful, friendly people. Convenient online articles and books. A multimedia lab. Places to study for groups and for individuals. Coffee. Games. Current print books. Where can you find all of this great stuff? In the Dunbar Library! If you still think all libraries have to offer are dusty old books then come discover all the cool things the library offers you for work and for fun!
Stop Searching And Start Finding: Effective Search Strategies, Mandy Shannon
Stop Searching And Start Finding: Effective Search Strategies, Mandy Shannon
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
Sorting through different information sources can be stressful. You've heard that using the library databases give you better results, but how do you find them? With the help of Jimmy Fallon and Jonah Hill, we’ll explore how to search the databases to find better results faster and easier.
3 Simple Steps To Reading Scholarly Articles, Maureen Barry, Cheryl Lauricella
3 Simple Steps To Reading Scholarly Articles, Maureen Barry, Cheryl Lauricella
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
Are you dreading reading through those 8-20 page articles you found for your paper? Do they seem like they are written in a different language? Never fear! In this workshop, you will learn strategies for making sense of those long, and let’s face it, sometimes boring, articles.
How Do I Find This Reference?, Mary Lou Baker Jones
How Do I Find This Reference?, Mary Lou Baker Jones
Instruction & Research Services Workshops
Do you feel a little confused when you are handed a reference or citation and expected to find the information source? Gain the skills that allow you to decipher a reference and then find the source. Feel like a detective who understands the clues!