Submitted by: Nancy Dryden, University of Connecticut
Contact info: nancy.dryden@uconn.edu
Description: This presentation is appropriate for first-year students to introduce them to citing, the MLA citation style, paraphrasing, and plagiarism. It includes links to two YouTube videos and language from UConn's undergraduate Code of Conduct.
Skill Set: Citing
Resource Type: Presentations
ACRL Frame: Information Has Value
Audience: First Year
Length of Lesson: 15-30 minutes
Materials Used: MS Powerpoint
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? No
Submitted by: Amy Jansen and Karla Jones
Contact info: Amy Jansen (jansena2@southernct.edu); Karla Jones (jonesk1@southernct.edu)
Description: As part of the SCSU Office of Online Learning’s Fall programming, Amy Jansen (SCSU Business Research Librarian) and Karla Jones (SCSU Education Librarian) led a virtual workshop on Scopus, an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature made available through the CSCU system. This workshop addressed topics such as advanced searching, analyzing results, research metrics, managing your profile, connecting to ORCID, tracking authors in your area of research, and leveraging Scopus as a collaborative networking and research tool.
Skill Set: Researching Evaluating
Resource Type: Presentations
ACRL Frame: Research as Inquiry Scholarship as Conversation Searching as Strategic Exploration
Audience: Graduate, Faculty
Length of Lesson: Longer than 60 minutes
Materials Used: Powerpoint presentations that have been converted to PDFs for easier access.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? No