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Topics covered in library instruction
Integrative Seminar 1 online tutorial
- How to check out books and other materials
- How to find e-books
- Accessing library databases
- Database search tips
- Getting research help
- The Libraries in Canvas
- Research Guides
- Chicago Manual of Style
Integrative Seminar 2 possible learning outcomes
- Use library search tools to explore literature and develop a research question
- Explore database search strategies for finding relevant research
- Understand the difference between scholarly resources and popular resources, finding scholarly and popular resources
- Learn how to request items and use resource-sharing arrangements like InterLibrary Loan
- Learn the difference between books and articles; read an article citation; request articles
- Access and understand the Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide
- Learn how to find, use, and evaluate information on the Web
- Become acquainted with subject-specific databases
- Become acquainted with research guides for their subjects, including general layout of locations of materials
- Learn how to find, use, and cite visual resources using the Images for Designers and Art Researchers Guide
- Become acquainted with locations of and collections at the New School and Consortium libraries
ARS (3rd-year) possible learning outcomes
- Dive deeper into subject-specific materials and databases
- Learn how to create an account in, push citations to, and create bibilographies in, RefWorks
- Understand the difference between primary and secondary sources; find primary sources
