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CSCU Information Literacy Toolkit

Videos & Tutorials

Accessing Asnuntuck eBooks from Home

Submitted by:  Tabbi Heavner, Asnuntuck Community College

Contact info:  theavner@acc.commnet.edu 

Description:  Video tutorial with directions for accessing eBooks from home

Skill Set:    Basics      Researching  

Resource Type:    Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:    Searching as Strategic Exploration    

Audience:   First Year, Second Year, Third Year, Fourth Year, Graduate

Length of Lesson: Less than 5 mins

Materials Used:   None

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion?  No

How to be a Good Googler

Submitted by:   Michael Zych, Tunxis Community College

Contact info:  mzych@tunxis.edu

Description: Fun, informative video that shows advanced modifiers in Google searches with a reminder that internet searches are only the very beginning of research.

Skill Set:    Basics        Researching  

Resource Type:    Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:    Searching as Strategic Exploration    

Audience:   First Year, Second Year

Length of Lesson:  Less than 5 mins

Materials Used:   Internet-capable device

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion?  No

This video by Michael Zych at Tunxis Community College is licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Lateral Reading with SIFT

Submitted by:  Wei Cen, Middlesex Community College

Contact info: wcen@mxcc.edu

Description: This video talks about lateral reading with SIFT, which is adapted from "Introducing SIFT" by Mike Caulfield.  From "Check Please!" starter course.

Skill Set:      Evaluating  

Resource type:      Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:      Authority is Constructed and Contextual  

Audience:  Undergraduate, Graduate

Length of Lesson: < 5 minutes

Materials Used:  Computer

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? No

This video by MxCC Librarians at Middlesex Community College is licensed under CC-BY. This video is a derivative of "Introducing SIFT" by Mike Caulfield from "Check Please! Starter Course”. The original work is licensed under CC-BY.

Plagiarism: is it worth the price?

Submitted by:   Tabbi Heavner, Asnuntuck CC

Contact info:  theavner@acc.commnet.edu

Description: Short video defining plagiarism, discussing consequences, and suggesting ways to avoid it

Skill Set:    Basics        Citing       Other

Resource Type:    Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:      Information Has Value     

Audience:   First Year, Second Year, Third Year, Fourth Year, Graduate, faculty

Length of Lesson:  5-15 mins

Materials Used: Internet connection, screen, projector  

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? No

Two Minutes to Learn Scholarly Sources

Submitted by:  Wei Cen, Middlesex Community College

Contact info: wcen@mxcc.edu

Description: This video tutorial introduces scholarly sources.

Skill Set:      Researching  

Resource type:      Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:      Information Creation as a Process  

Audience:  Undergraduate, Graduate

Length of Lesson: < 5 minutes

Materials Used:  Computer

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion? No

Using Books for Research

Submitted by:   Debbie Herman, Manchester Community College

Contact info:  dherman@manchestercc.edu

Description: 

Books are excellent sources of information in the right context, yet college students often struggle with how best to incorporate them into their research. This is mostly due to inexperience, but by the end of this learning module students will be able to locate and evaluate books on any topic as well as put them to effective use as evidence in research papers.

Skill Set:   Researching     

Resource Type:  Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:    Scholarship as Conversation        Searching as Strategic Exploration    

Audience:   First Year

Length of Lesson:  5-15 mins

Materials Used:   Computer and internet access

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion?  No

https://ctstate.libwizard.com/f/books1

This tutorial by Debbie Herman at Manchester CC is licensed under CC-BY-NC.

Why use Databases?

Submitted by:   Tabbi Heavner, Capital Community College

Contact info:  theavner@ccc.commnet.edu

Description: What is a database, and why should you use one?

Skill Set:    Basics         Researching     

Resource Type:   Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:   Research as Inquiry      

Audience:   First Year, Second Year

Length of Lesson:  Less than 5 min

Materials Used:   PC, laptop, or mobile device

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion?  No