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Accessing Asnuntuck eBooks from Home

Skill Set:    Basics       Researching    

Resource Type:   Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:     Searching as Strategic Exploration    

Video tutorial with directions for accessing eBooks from home

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Accessing Blackboard--a brief how-to

Skill Set:    Basics       Other     

Resource Type:    Handouts & Instructional Materials  

Provides instructions for logging into Blackboard.

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Accessing the New York Times: a how-to

Skill Set:    Basics       Researching     

Resource Type:    Handouts & Instructional Materials  

Directions for accessing the New York Times online. Must be a student, staff, or faculty member.

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Book a Librarian Online Appointment

Skill Set:    Researching   

Resource Type:    Marketing & Promotion Materials     

Book a Librarian bookmark and trifold tabletop advertisement

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Citing and Plagiarism

Skill Set:      Citing   

Resource Type:        Presentations 

ACRL Frame:      Information Has Value   

This video presentation is appropriate for first year students to introduce them to citing, the MLA citation style, paraphrasing, and plagiarism. 

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Get in the Driver's Seat Sheet

Skill Set:    Basics        Researching    

Resource Type:    Assessment Tools     

ACRL Frame:    Searching as Strategic Exploration    

Activity worksheet that is completed within a class session after instruction and then collected and reviewed by the librarian. 

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How to be a Good Googler

Skill Set:    Basics       Researching   

Resource Type:    Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:     Searching as Strategic Exploration    

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

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Identifying Source Types

Skill Set:    Basics   

Resource Type:   Activities & Lesson Plans   

ACRL Frame:   Authority is Constructed and Contextual      Information Creation as a Process  

Interactive lesson plan that reviews the definition of peer-reviewed, what constitutes an academic source, and how to evaluate for credibility. 

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In-Class Notes Worksheet

Skill Set:    Basics    

Resource Type:   Handouts & Instructional Materials    

ACRL Frame:   Research as Inquiry   

Example of a notes worksheet highlighting the key points of your instruction that students fill in during your presentation.

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Information Bias

Skill Set:    Evaluating    

Resource Type:    Discussion Board Prompts     

ACRL Frame:    Authority Is Constructed and Contextual    

Example of a discussion board prompt, a low-stakes activity designed to get students thinking.

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The Information Timeline

Skill Set:    Basics        Evaluating   

Resource Type:    Handouts & Instructional Materials     

ACRL Frame:    Information Creation as a Process        Information Has Value     

A visual timeline that helps students begin to understand the way information is created and how it evolves.  

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Jeopardy Game

Skill Set:    Basics     

Resource Type:      Software Use  

ACRL Frame:    Searching as Strategic Exploration    

An online program patterned after Jeopardy that can be easily edited to create a fun competitive activity to assess comprehension after instruction.  

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Lateral Reading with SIFT 

Skill Set:    Evaluating     

Resource Type:    Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:    Authority Is Constructed and Contextual     

This video is a derivative of "Introducing SIFT" by Mike Caulfield from "Check Please! Starter Course”. 

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Library Marketing Flyer: Ask a Librarian

Skill Set:     Other  

Resource Type:    Marketing & Promotion Materials    =/A

Flyer to be used for promoting the use of library's online chat for research help.

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Minute Paper-Style Survey

Skill Set:    Basics  

Resource Type:    Assessment Tools  

Minute-style paper survey designed to capture where students are after their first-year seminar library instruction session.

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MLA 9th edition citation guide

Skill Set:     Citing    

Resource Type:    Handouts & Instructional Materials   

ACRL Frame:    Information has Value  

An overview of how to cite sources using MLA 9e citation style.

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Online Activity Worksheet

Skill Set:    Researching        Evaluating   

Resource Type:    Activities & Lesson Plans   

ACRL Frame:     Research as Inquiry       Searching as Strategic Exploration  

After instruction, provide practice time using worksheets. Using Libward or Google Docs, review submissions submitted to your email during class time so that you can clarify muddy points and highlight best practices.

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Plagiarism: is it worth the price?

Skill Set:    Basics        Citing        Other  

Resource Type:     Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:      Information Has Value     

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

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Scopus Workshop

Skill Set:    Researching        Evaluating    

Resource Type:   Presentations     

ACRL Frame:     Research as Inquiry       Scholarship as Conversation       Searching as Strategic Exploration  

This workshop addresses topics such as advanced searching, analyzing results, and more using Scopus.

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Two Minutes to Learn Scholarly Sources

Skill Set:    Researching    

Resource Type:    Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:    Information Creation as a Process        

This video tutorial introduces scholarly sources.

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Using Books for Research

Skill Set:     Researching   

Resource Type:    Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:     Scholarship as Conversation        Searching as Strategic Exploration    

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.

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Why use Databases?

Skill Set:    Basics       Researching      

Resource Type:    Videos & Tutorials  

ACRL Frame:     Research as Inquiry   

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

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