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CSCU Information Literacy Toolkit

Scholarship as Conversation

 
Communities of scholars, researchers, or professionals engage in sustained discourse with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of varied perspectives and interpretations.

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

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.