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
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