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
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
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
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
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
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
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