Library Orientation – First Year: Think Like a Scholar

• Differentiate between scholarly and non-scholarly publications.
• Recognize between primary and secondary publications and when to use them.
• Pair a title with its reference.
• Distinguish types of ethical use of information and costs of plagiarism.
• Evaluate information and contribute to the scholarly conversation.

Dates:

Session 1-2. 29 Aug
Session 3-4-5. 5 September

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• Describe strategies for developing your research question in order to write a research paper
• Locate scholarly resources in order to develop a relevant annotated bibliography on your research question to support your thesis statement.
• List specific databases, pathfinding and citation tools for research in order to access and cite high-quality resources.

The class size is limited to 25. Sign up early to reserve your seat.