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Last modified 02.11.05
Dana Hall Library >> Finding Your Way >>  Information Literacy Menu

Information Literacy Menu

Teachers, let us help you and your students with assignments! We offer information literacy classes as "appetizers," "entrees," and "desserts" -- please let us know if you'd like us to talk about something that you don't see here.

Appetizers
20 minute consumption time; can be combined to make an entree

  • Searching Online Catalog & Locating Items in the Library
  • Citing Sources: Footnotes/ Endnotes
  • Citing Sources: Bibliographies
  • Individual Databases (We subscribe to 20)
  • Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Copyright Do’s & Don’ts
  • Internet Search Engines
  • Primary/ Secondary/ Tertiary Sources
  • Entrees
    40 minute consumption time
  • Research skills
    • Navigating the library webpage
    • Generating a topic
    • Using a variety of reference materials
    • Understanding the classification of library resources
  • Periodical Sources (Print & electronic)
  • Website Evaluation
  • Desserts
    20-40 minute consumption time
  • Book Talk (on any topic)
  • Writing For Different Formats
  • Media Production Equipment
  • Poetry Breaks