Steely Resources for Teaching this Competency
Skills are needed to access, evaluate and incorporate information.
Webpages
- Access other libraries and catalogs
- Have your students view this web page to access other libraries and their catalogs.
- Boolean Logic
- Have your students view this web page to learn how to use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, etc.) in their searches
- Citations
- Have your students view this web page to learn the basics about citations.
- Find Articles
- Have your students view this web page to learn the options available for locating articles.
- Find Books
- Have your students view this web page to learn how to locate books in Steely Library.
- Find Online Full Text Periodicals
- Have your students view this web page to learn how to access full-text articles online.
- ILLIAD InterLibrary Loan
- Have your students view this web page to learn how to use ILLIAD, NKU's interlibrary loan system. It's a great idea to have them set up an ILLIAD account even before they actually need to request items.
- Locate Books in Steely Library
- Have your students view this web page to learn how Steely's books are arranged.
- NKUIRE
- Have your students view this web page to search Steely's online catalog, NKUIRE to locate items.
- Primary and Secondary Sources
- Have your students view this web page to learn how to distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
- Research on the Web
- Have your students view this web page to find strategies for searching more effectively on the Internet.
- Scholarly Journals and Research Articles
- Have your students view this web page to learn how to distinguish between scholarly journals, popular magazines, and trade journals
- Search Databases and Indexes
- Have your students view this web page to learn how to begin to access Steely's databases and indexes,to locate articles.
- Steely Online Tour
- Have your students view this web page to better familiarize themselves with Steely Library.
- Style Guides
- Have your students view this web page to locate information about popular style guides such as APA, MLA, Chicago Style, etc.
- Subject Encyclopedias
- Have your students view this web page to find out more about using Subject Encyclopedias in their research.
- Subject vs Keyword Searching
- Have your students view this web page to learn the difference between searching by subject and keywords.
Tutorials
- Ask A Librarian
- Have your students view this tutorial to learn the many ways to get research help at Steely Library
Handouts
- Persuading Others
- Have your students view this handout if they are beginning research on a persuasive speech or paper. It provides a few possible starting resources for locating quotations, statistics, expert opinions, etc.
Assignments/Exercises
- Evaluating Worksheet
- Have your students complete this worksheet to learn how to evaluate sources for their research.
updated: Tuesday, 17-Jun-2008 09:30:11 EDT