Library Tutorial
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Introduction
Welcome, education students! The Education tutorial will introduce you to the Averett University Library and help you locate books, articles, facts, and statistics in the education field. You can return at anytime to refresh your skills.

Navigation

Use the right navigation bar or link at the bottom of each page to browse through the tutorial and worksheets. If you have questions about the tutorial, please call 800-543-9440 (791-5692), or send email to Kevin Harden at aclib@averett.edu.

Assignments

The tutorial is in 14 parts, with 5 worksheets that you must complete to receive credit for the GPS Library Orientation Workshop. Worksheets will not be graded, however the education librarian may consult with you to clarify learning objectives

Goals

 

 

Learning Objectives

 

On completion of this tutorial, you should be able to define and articulate a topic or problem, locate reliable sources of academic and professional information, retrieve a coherent set of sources, evaluate and apply them in a research product or presentation, and attribute your sources using APA citation style.

 

You will ...

  • identify useful education databases for your research
  • develop topic statements and conduct effective searches
  • link to full text and request documents via Interlibrary Loan
  • differentiate research based information from popular sources
  • evaluate relevance, reliability, and currency of the information
  • be able to assimilate information in a paper or presentation
  • apply ethics and protocols for attributing sources used

 

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