Information Literacy Sessions

The General Overview session is aimed at students taking English 110 and/or English 111 courses and will take students on a virtual tour of the library’s website with an introduction to research based skills and library resources.

Much like the General Overview session, the Libraries & Learning sessions is aimed at students taking English 110 and/or English 111 courses and will take students on a virtual tour of the library’s website with an introduction to research based skills and library resources, with a fantasy spin!

The Beginning Research session is part one of the Research Process sessions and will help students gain an understanding of how research works as well as some strategies to make the process easier.

The Conducting Research session, part two of the Research Process sessions, will help students be reintroduced to the Research Process, then be provided information on what the purpose of research is. 

The Plagiarism session, adapted from a lesson designed by Dr. Stephen H. Fox and Dr. Rosiana L. Azman of the University of Hawai’I Maui College, covers the “persistent plagiarism problem” and how students can recognize and overcome it.

The Art of the Paraphrase session is aimed at helping students better understand paraphrasing, quoting, and summarizing and how it can help them avoid plagiarism in their assignments.

The Citation Basics sessions introduces students to the very basics of proper citations. Students will have the opportunity to practice writing citations and be introduced to helpful resources for writing and managing citations.

The Evaluating Resources session provides students with an opportunity to have a more in-depth look at how they can evaluate their sources. They will take a closer look at each part of the C.R.A.A.P. test and how it will help them determine the credibility of each source they intend to use for their assignments.

The "How to Read a Peer Reviewed Article "session is designed to help students with reading scholarly and peer-reviewed sources, by providing simple tips and tricks to understanding information from "hard to read" sources.

The Types of Resources session introduces students to the variety of sources that are available to them for the purpose of research. This session covers what type of information can be found in which source, from books to websites!

The Databases session is designed to introduce and explain to students what library databases are and how they differ from the free web.

The Rhetorical Analysis session will help students gain a better understanding of this type of assignment that they may be assigned in class.

The Literature Review session is designed to help students gain a better understanding of this particular type of writing. During the session, we will discuss what a Literature Review is and how students can approach writing one.

The Annotated Bibliography Session, shares much in common with the Rhetorical Analysis and Literature Review sessions. During this session, we help students gain a better understanding of this particular assignment and provide them with examples and best practices on approaching and completing these bibliographies.