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CSCU Information Literacy Toolkit

Presentations

Citing and Plagiarism

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 

Scopus Workshop

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